Re:What Bill Gates was doing at 20 years old
by bluedevil2k on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @10:09AM
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What's your point? What makes you the judge of a "great programmer"?
Who cares if there's programmers with 10x his ability, you're talking like programming skills should equal wealth. Sorry, no matter Bill Gates' programming skills, he was a genius at running and growing a business. Two totally different skill sets.
Re:What Bill Gates was doing at 20 years old
by asfgionio on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @11:35AM
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>What makes you the judge of a "great programmer"?
What makes the market the judge? It's picked some really terrible technology.
>Sorry, no matter Bill Gates' programming skills, he was a genius at running and growing a business.
Why is "running and growing a business" a good thing? I would say Microsoft is pretty good evidence that it's often harmful.
Do you think Elizabeth Holmes, Al Capone, and Bernie Madoff deserve to be rich? They were all pretty good at what they did.
Re:What Bill Gates was doing at 20 years old
by bluedevil2k on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @11:39AM
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You're comparing criminals to Bill Gates? Really? Some people can't be argued with when they make wild baseless claims.
Yes, a stolen OS he had no part in developing.
I don't doubt that he's a competent programmer (or was at one point). I see no evidence that he's a great one. There are programmers with ten times his ability who will never see 0.01% of his money.