Pirates of Silicon Valley (2005)

This movie tracks Steve Jobs and Bill Gates separately (with a couple of key joint meetings) from just before they started their careers up to the time Jobs was ousted from Apple in 1985. I was involved in selling Apple computers from 1980 until 1985. Windows was just rolled out to the business I was in. As such, I was intrigued by both men and followed their exploits. As such, I can say that conceptually, this movie is very accurate - there may be some embellishments here or there to make a good movie - yet in general, everything happened.

The Steve Jobs of the iPhone/iPod era at Apple was a more mature, seasoned person. The Bill Gates of today with all his philanthropy has a different image from the Bill Gates of the 1980s. This movie does a great job of capturing how they were 35-40 years ago when they were starting vs. today. It is a wonderful retrospective look into 2 of the sharpest minds in business - with how they got their start - and a reminder both how much fun they had, how focused they were, how intense, how ruthless (at times), and how young and not world-mature yet.

More fun than a documentary