La Vida Robot Analysis

A successful team needs many components to be successful. “La Vida Robot” and Steve Jobs are both great texts. Steve Jobs is the biography on the life of Steve Jobs. “La Vida Robot” is an article based on the story of the Carl Hayden robotics team that beat the MIT team in a national competition. Joshua Davis and Walter Isaacson, authors of “La Vida Robot” and Steve Jobs, give details on what makes a good team. While Davis feels that a strong team needs a strong and motivational leader, Isaacson shows that a strong team prospers when team members have a connection.
Davis, author of “La Vida Robot,”, feels that in order to have a successful team, someone must act as a motivational leader and inspire the team to keep going. One of the most significant pieces of evidence that support Isaacson’s perspective is on page 191,”Oscar Vasquez was a born leader… He made sure that all of his team members were in the room and focused when he contacted experts to explain tough science concepts” (Davis 191). This part of the text demonstrates that Oscar

He illustrates this in Steve Jobs where he shows the great bond that Stephen Wozniak and Steve Jobs shared, which ultimately led to the success of the Apple I. I don’t think the Apple I would be so successful if it wasn’t for the great bond both men had. For example, Jobs states,” I was a little more mature than my years, and he was a little less mature than his, so it evened out” (Isaacson 209). A big reason why Wozniak and Jobs were able to work great together was because they were both deeply interested in technology and their levels of maturity evened out for each other. The unique bond that Jobs’ and Wozniak were able to put together helped bring them to success. Their levels of maturity and interest in technology helped them make a connection with each other. The connection helped make the Apple I become a