SOURCE CODE: MY BEGINNINGS
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Description
He describes with candour his childhood in Seattle, the centrality of family ndash; his close relationship with his card-playing grandmother and his demanding but caring parents ndash; his struggles to fit in, his rebelliousness, his first deep friendships and the impact of losing his closest friend.
We see Gates rsquo;s extraordinary mind developing, the restless teenager who discovered a love of coding and computing at the dawn of a new era and felt that lsquo;by applying my brain, I could solve even the world rsquo;s most complex mysteries rsquo;. We see the earliest signs of his phenomenal business acumen, which led him to drop out of Harvard at the age of 20 to devote all his energies to Microsoft, the company he started with his childhood friend Paul Allen. He writes about his first involvement with three Steves ndash; Jobs, Wozniak and Ballmer ndash; who would play a crucial role in so much that followed.
The book ends in the late 1970s when Microsoft, still with only a dozen employees, signed its first deal with Apple. The deals would go on and Microsoft would grow unimaginably. Yet Gates never forgot his mother rsquo;s reminder that he was merely a steward of any wealth that he gained. This warm and inspiring book, Bill Gates rsquo; origin story, allows readers to understand his energy and ambition ndash; and to see how he sets himself in the world.
Additional information
| Weight | 650 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 24.2 × 16 × 3.5 cm |
| Sub Title | |
| Author | Bill Gates |
| ISBN | 9780593801581 |
