Here’s the story of Susan Kare, the Mother of the Mac Trash can. She has been instrumental in creating almost all the icons in the first Macs that came out from Apple. Here’s a gist of how she got started:
By remaining friendly with Andy after high school, I knew he obviously was really interested in computers. He showed me a very rudimentary Macintosh, and mentioned that he needed some graphics for it. He knew I was interested in art and graphics, and that if I got some graph paper I could make small images out of the squares, which he could then transfer onto the computer screen. That sounded to me like a great project. I did it in exchange for an Apple II, although I didn’t actually use the Apple II for Mac graphics.
She would’ve had some really ‘good’ experience working with Steve Jobs!