Please don't entertain this BS. Chinese exploited by Americans? What a joke... Last time during the railway construction perhaps. Like 150 years ago. China made up for that with lies and theft on a massive scale. Re other countries like Vietnam or Cambodia or Thailand, those countries would be absolute dumps if multinationals were not operating there and creating mass employment. It's the job of those countries to move up the value chain not the job of America or Europe. But instead those countries, or should I say the corrupt cronies on top, rather continue to enrich themselves via running large scale prostitution operations and drug chemical shipments. We have to stop taking responsibility for all the ills of the world. We can enforce our companies to adhere to certain minimum standards even when operating abroad, I am all in for this. Even if a third world country does not enforce a minimum wage perhaps our nations can enforce one for our corporations. It will make our corporations think twice whether it is beneficial to run sweatshops in Thailand or Cambodia or Bangladesh or rather produce at home. What I am saying is that I am all for not taking responsibility for all the ills of the world but at the same time I also favor more enforcement of the behavior we should be responsible for. Not sure this explanation makes sense...
In that regard, Steve Jobs dropped out of Reed liberal art degree, not a tech guy either. Steve wasn't shy to express his opinion on tech either.
Moral of the story, you cannot rest on your laurels or stop improving. Someone will sure to catch up and surpass you if you stop. Whether they steal or they invent it second make no difference.
I see this nowadays all the time, where small companies would create something unique and bigger companies would come and create the same thing but have a limitless marketing budget. That gives the bigger companies the edge to further develop the product, and get more subscribers. So in the end, it's not just a question of resting on your laurels, but truly have the skills and funds to market it and be known for that product or service ASAP.
Because he realized he is more interested in tech? The point is it was his decision and he did make it into the uni. This guy couldn't pass the entry exam.
Yes, Jobs dropped out because he didn't want to spend his parents' money attending college (they were not wealthy and could ill afford his tuitions and living expenses). There are similarity between the two: Jobs cofounded Apple, the real technical brain behind Apple was Wozniak. Ma cofounded Alibaba, the real technical brain behind was someone else. A successful business person is mostly not a technical genius but someone who is able to sense opportunity and figures out a way to take advantage, an integrator. Most technical genius cannot but an integrator can.