Most of us who work in technology, secretly wish that one day,
something we've created will change the world in a positive way, or
that we will be able to look back at some point and realize that we've
contributed somehow to make this world a better place. For many of
us, this is the driving force that put us in this field in the first
place, even when we rarely admit it to each other, let alone to anyone
else.
Some of us get to achieve it, one way or another. In an
anonymous way, most likely in the form of one single link in a chain
of events that, individually, might seem insignificant, but
altogether, represent the continuous and dynamic steering of human
progress. Our names will not be remembered, neither will our
individual contributions, but they will be there for others to build
upon, one link at the time, one step after another.
And then
there are those who manage to envision that things are possible in
ways that would be unthinkable for the rest of us, and not only that,
strive to make them happen. They don't work alone and rely on others,
that's certain, yet it's their unique inspiration, persistence, and
the exceptional love for what they do what motivates others to flock
along them and help them change the world. Steve Jobs was probably one
of the most remarkable examples in the latest times of this rare but
wonderful people, and we've been lucky to be challenged with his
contributions to technology. I am not sure whether being in this
industry would be so challenging and exciting as it is, if he hadn't
been around.