Apple's first engineer Steve Wozniak thinks Indians lack creativity
Although Steve Jobs is quite a well-known name among the present generation, especially the iPhone lovers and those having an entrepreneurial inclination, few people know about the first engineer of Apple, Steve Wozniak. Woz designed Apple's first computer: Apple I and Steve Jobs sold it. Recently in an interview during the ET Global Business Summit in New Delhi, Steve expressed his thoughts on the Indian education system and its shortcomings.
When asked about his views on India and whether Global tech companies could emerge from the country, Steve said that he was not very familiar with the Indian culture. He added that he had not seen any Indian tech company do something remarkable. Giving the example of Infosys for whom he had done three keynotes, Wozniak said that he did not see 'that sort of thing coming out of Infosys'.
He further said that in India, success is defined by how good you perform in academics and not the creativity of a person. Steve said, that in India, the mindset is study hard, practice and get a good job and a great life. It may seem a little harsh what the computer genius said, but upon little introspection, one can easily realize that the blunt words of Wozniak are nothing short of the truth. Where virtually everyone is looking for a government job to secure his life, creativity is sure to get buried deep down. Citing Singapore's approach, Steve remarked that people there study, work hard and get an MBA, buy a Mercedes but creativity was nowhere to be found.
When asked about his views on India and whether Global tech companies could emerge from the country, Steve said that he was not very familiar with the Indian culture. He added that he had not seen any Indian tech company do something remarkable. Giving the example of Infosys for whom he had done three keynotes, Wozniak said that he did not see 'that sort of thing coming out of Infosys'.
He further said that in India, success is defined by how good you perform in academics and not the creativity of a person. Steve said, that in India, the mindset is study hard, practice and get a good job and a great life. It may seem a little harsh what the computer genius said, but upon little introspection, one can easily realize that the blunt words of Wozniak are nothing short of the truth. Where virtually everyone is looking for a government job to secure his life, creativity is sure to get buried deep down. Citing Singapore's approach, Steve remarked that people there study, work hard and get an MBA, buy a Mercedes but creativity was nowhere to be found.
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