Re:Ask HN: How do some people build their careers so fast?
by rchaud on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:32PM
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Bill Gates' career trajectory:
- Access to a computer lab in high school, something not common at all in the '70s, was making small computer apps before his freshman year
- Attends Harvard, meets Paul Allen (working at Honeywell nearby) and Steve Ballmer (Math + Econ).
- Gets a chance to pitch Basic (or whatever it was) to a higher-up at IBM, since Gates' mom was on the board of United Way and could arrange an introduction.
There's a lot of stuff that goes unsaid in a LinkedIn profile.
- Access to a computer lab in high school, something not common at all in the '70s, was making small computer apps before his freshman year
- Attends Harvard, meets Paul Allen (working at Honeywell nearby) and Steve Ballmer (Math + Econ).
- Gets a chance to pitch Basic (or whatever it was) to a higher-up at IBM, since Gates' mom was on the board of United Way and could arrange an introduction.
There's a lot of stuff that goes unsaid in a LinkedIn profile.