Steve Job

Peter Wu

1 September 2011

 

We all know that Apple is now Jobs-less.

 

While its share price took a bit of a dive (initially) on news of his resignation, it’s great news for America on the job’s front.

 

Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO in response to an invitation by President Obama who had appointed him to chair the task force on job creation. The task force is now officially named as Jobs’ Jobs-creation Task Force.

 

His credentials for heading the task force are perfect. With a name like Jobs, you don’t have to corporate sponsors what the terms of reference of the task force are, do you?

 

The name of the task force may sound a mouthful but it’s got such a nice ring to it. Like the Chinese word which combines ‘two happies’ in one (double happiness), we now have a new word – Jobs’ Jobs. This is double emphasis and good Feng Shui.

 

Apple’s customers are religious believers. Its products are being snapped up unquestionably, such is the devotion of its disciples. It goes without saying the company is creating massive numbers of jobs. With Jobs’ imaginative and evangelical flair, he is bound to create more jobs. Before you know it, there will be jobs coming out of everyone’s ears in America. That’s exactly what America needs – jobs and more jobs.

 

With his now chairing the task force and consistent with its terms of reference, Steve is considering creating more of his own little Jobs – the two-legged variety. America will soon have many jobs and Jobs, both literally and reproductively speaking.