What Bill Gates was doing at 20 years old

Re:What Bill Gates was doing at 20 years old by NicoJuicy on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @11:11AM (#16867997)

Where does it say his parents paid for it? Was the PhD a requirement, since he quitted it?

How expensive would renting an appartment be in that time, 750$ / month? Did he rent one? Because he doesn't have a house there and stays with friends a lot of the time https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-Elon-Musk-does-not-hav...

He and a fellow student rented a vacant frat house and transformed it into a nightclub. Quite a daring and bold move for a low-income college student. ( https://sites.psu.edu/danielpassion/2017/03/24/entrepreneur-... )

Don't overreact. I never said he came from poor. Why do people keep misreading that?

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Re:What Bill Gates was doing at 20 years old by candiodari on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @11:10PM (#16873063)

First paying for an extra year ... and then walking out on it, like Elon did, requires more than "not coming from poor" in my experience.

Now, granted, I'm not sure about that. I did not come from rich parents, and if I had walked out on any of my university years there was no way in hell I would see another dollar from parents for a long time.

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Re:What Bill Gates was doing at 20 years old by NicoJuicy on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @07:36PM (#16972758)

His parents were wealthy, like I said. Not rich ( not a requirement)

Also, Elon was free to do what he wanted. Not everyone has the same parents/conditionals, but that is off topic though

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