Bill Gates

And even though in that group of boys, I was the least capable hiker and I would always vote for the shortest hike and going home the soonest, just the camaraderie and the kind of beauty, you know, was so stunning. I really have to get back and do some of those. I haven't done a lot of that since I was young.

And even though in that group of boys, I was the least capable hiker and I would always vote for the shortest hike and going home the soonest, just the camaraderie and the kind of beauty, you know, was so stunning. I really have to get back and do some of those. I haven't done a lot of that since I was young.

Yeah, I got myself so busy. I mean, you know, starting with Microsoft, where I had a monomaniacal focus, you know, kind of giving up weekends and vacation because I wanted to move faster. It wasn't some big sacrifice. I loved it, but it meant that I shut a lot of other things out.

Yeah, I got myself so busy. I mean, you know, starting with Microsoft, where I had a monomaniacal focus, you know, kind of giving up weekends and vacation because I wanted to move faster. It wasn't some big sacrifice. I loved it, but it meant that I shut a lot of other things out.

Then only when I retired from Microsoft did I get to go back and take a little more time off and see all the other great things going on in the world, including all this health stuff that is the thing I spend the most time on now.

Then only when I retired from Microsoft did I get to go back and take a little more time off and see all the other great things going on in the world, including all this health stuff that is the thing I spend the most time on now.

No, I think for Microsoft to be successful, even though we were the first and we had a broader concept of software than the other companies, we needed to be what I would call hardcore. And, you know, in that case, the work is what I want to do. It's not like, oh God, you know, I've got to earn a little bit more money.

No, I think for Microsoft to be successful, even though we were the first and we had a broader concept of software than the other companies, we needed to be what I would call hardcore. And, you know, in that case, the work is what I want to do. It's not like, oh God, you know, I've got to earn a little bit more money.

It's, you know, this is the thing that throughout my childhood, I was so lucky, you know, because of my parents and some early friends, school I went to, I had these exposures to computers that were very rare. And so I had all these thousands of hours of programming experience and great feedback on, okay, how do you do it better from the very best adults? I got to see what was coming.

It's, you know, this is the thing that throughout my childhood, I was so lucky, you know, because of my parents and some early friends, school I went to, I had these exposures to computers that were very rare. And so I had all these thousands of hours of programming experience and great feedback on, okay, how do you do it better from the very best adults? I got to see what was coming.

And the idea of being part of making that real I woke up and said, okay, I'd love to get to work. My younger self could stay in days at a time. I don't do that now. But then it was just in no way a hardship because I felt we were part of something that would be very empowering. And competitively, I wanted us to be the ones to make it happen.

And the idea of being part of making that real I woke up and said, okay, I'd love to get to work. My younger self could stay in days at a time. I don't do that now. But then it was just in no way a hardship because I felt we were part of something that would be very empowering. And competitively, I wanted us to be the ones to make it happen.

Well, people, when they would hear us say a computer on every desk and in every home running Microsoft software, they were like, you kids are really out of it. I mean, every desk, every home, what would people do with these things? But because the chips were improving exponentially, doubling every couple of years, it allowed us to think of the computing part as essentially being free.

Well, people, when they would hear us say a computer on every desk and in every home running Microsoft software, they were like, you kids are really out of it. I mean, every desk, every home, what would people do with these things? But because the chips were improving exponentially, doubling every couple of years, it allowed us to think of the computing part as essentially being free.

And so the only thing that would hold you back is, okay, can you help people with photographs? Can you help them with documents? Can you help them stay in touch with people far away or find information? And we knew over time that as these things got better, it would be part of the mainstream. And so as people sort of came around to that, they were like, wow, whether it's at work or at home,

And so the only thing that would hold you back is, okay, can you help people with photographs? Can you help them with documents? Can you help them stay in touch with people far away or find information? And we knew over time that as these things got better, it would be part of the mainstream. And so as people sort of came around to that, they were like, wow, whether it's at work or at home,

This is just part of how people do things. And we wanted to get it out to everyone, students everywhere, even in the countries that are low income.

This is just part of how people do things. And we wanted to get it out to everyone, students everywhere, even in the countries that are low income.

Well, it definitely confounded them that sometimes I was pushing back in a pretty tough way, as though we were in some competition. They would hear from teachers, and they were very good about staying in touch with my teachers. Some teachers would say this kid should be skipped ahead one or two grades. Some teachers would say this kid should be held back. So that kind of is, what?

Well, it definitely confounded them that sometimes I was pushing back in a pretty tough way, as though we were in some competition. They would hear from teachers, and they were very good about staying in touch with my teachers. Some teachers would say this kid should be skipped ahead one or two grades. Some teachers would say this kid should be held back. So that kind of is, what?