When using computers I prefer a Windows operating system, I love playing games on my XBOX, I enjoy learning to code using Microsoft MakeCode and creating Minecraft Mods, and I like using Khan Academy to study different subjects. One day I realized that many of the tools I use every day to improve my life and entertain myself can all be contributed in some way to one person; Bill Gates.
“I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.”
“Some people may call me a nerd. I claim the label with pride.”
“I agree with people like Richard Dawkins that mankind felt the need for creation myths. Before we really began to understand disease and the weather and things like that, we sought false explanations for them. Now science has filled in some of the realm – not all – that religion used to fill.”
“Patience is a key element of success.”
“The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. In my case, I went to the garbage cans at the Computer Science Center and I fished out listings of their operating systems.”
“Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.”
“Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you’re good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well.”
“I’ve always been amazed by Da Vinci, because he worked out science on his own. He would work by drawing things and writing down his ideas. Of course, he designed all sorts of flying machines way before you could actually build something like that”
“Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing.”
“Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.”
