图：1979年，史蒂夫·乔布斯和史蒂夫沃兹尼亚克
沃兹尼亚克是影响乔布斯的重要人物之一。乔布斯与沃兹尼亚克初遇时，他们就很快发现了彼此都有着许多共同点，很快两人因为共同的兴趣交融到一起。
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Woz
Sylvania
FORTRAN
Digital Equipment PDP-8
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Getting shocked was a badge of honor for Woz. He prided himself on being a hardware engineer, which meant that random shocks were routine. He once devised a roulette game where four people put their thumbs in a slot; when the ball landed, one would get shocked. "Hardware guys will play this game, but software guys are too chicken," he noted.
During his senior year he got a part-time job at Sylvania and had the chance to work on a computer for the first time. He learned FORTRAN from a book and read the manuals for most of the systems of the day, starting with the Digital Equipment PDP-8. Then he studied the specs for the latest microchips and tried to redesign the computers using these newer parts. The challenge he set himself was to replicate the design using the fewest components possible. Each night he would try to improve his drawing from the night before. By the end of his senior year, he had become a master. "I was now designing computers with half the number of chips the actual company had in their own design, but only on paper." He never told his friends. After all, most 17-year-olds were getting their kicks in other ways.
对沃兹来说，被电击就好像是获得荣誉奖章一样。作为一名硬件工程师让他很自豪，但这也意味着触电是家常便饭。他曾经发明过一种轮盘赌游戏：四个人把拇指按在槽里，球落下之后，其中的一个会被电到。“搞硬件的人才愿意玩这个游戏，搞软件的都太胆小了。”他这么强调。
到了高中四年级，他在喜万年公司得到了一份兼职工作，人生中第一次有机会在计算机前工作。他从书上自学了FORTRAN语言，并阅读了当时大多数电子系统的使用说明，从数字设备公司的PDP-8开始。之后，他研究了最新的微芯片的规格，开始使用这些最新的元器件重新设计计算机。他为自己定的挑战是：使用最少的元器件来实现。“我关上房门，在自己的房间里独自完成了这项工作。”他回忆说。每天晚上，他都会努力在前一天的基础上进一步完善自己的设计。到四年级结束时，他已经成为这方面的专家了。“我设计的计算机，使用的芯片数量只有市面上产品中芯片数量的一半，但我的设计还停留在图纸上。”他从没有跟他的朋友提到过这些。毕竟，大多数17岁的孩子都在忙着干其他事情。