The Real Bill Gates Stories From Source Code

I am actually the fourth person in my family to be named Bill. But my dad will always be "

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When I was in high school, I used to sneak out of my house at night to debug software for a computer company. Read more about ...

I've always been an eager reader. Many of the books I read as a kid shaped who I am today. Read more about this

My friend Paul Allen and I bonded over the teletype machine at Lakeside School. Read more about this

I wrote my first video game in high school: my own text-based version of Lunar Lander. Read more about this

After my freshman year at Harvard, I moved into Currier House. It was a blast to go back and visit. Read more about this

When I was in 5th grade, we had to write a report about a U.S. state. I might have gone a bit overboard with my 177-page report on ...

I ate a lot of pizza from Pinocchio's in Cambridge when I was a student at Harvard. Read more about this

I always love going back to Harvard and thinking about my time there. Read more about this

My friend Paul Allen and I were inspired to create

Dr. Dan Morris, my chemistry teacher, was amazing at using everyday objects to teach us about scientific phenomena. Read more ...

People are often surprised to learn that I was the class clown in elementary school. Read more about this

Bill Gates

I was just a teenager when I got my first job working on software. I learned a ton from my experiences at C-Cubed and TRW.

My family had a lot of Christmas traditions—and especially around our annual Christmas cards. Read more about this

My family spent every summer at a group of cottages in Hood Canal, Washington called Cheerio. I made many of my favorite ...

What fueled

My best friend Kent Evans died in a mountaineering accident when he was just 17 years old. I still miss him. Read more about this ...