Joel Spolsky shares an amusing anecdote about his first review by Bill Gates from back when he was program manager of the Excel team. As I learned in a meeting last week, coming along prepared can make all the difference. Also, Bill Gates looks to be pulling an Alfred Nobel and is planning on funneling almost his entire fortune into philanthropic avenues.
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The real news this week is that Bill got joined by number 2… now that’s a vote of confidence. http://www.smartmoney.com/bn/ON/index.cfm?story=ON-20060627-000043-0116
§ Comment by Lorcan on June 27th, 2006 at 11:02 pm
Indeed, it’s amazing news. I remember reading a story on Slashdot about Gates’ donations: http://slashdot.org/articles/05/10/31/233237.shtml It’s a shame that some people have so much mistrust for someone even when they are being altruistic.
Like that time I got my girlfriend an iPod and her first remark was “What have you done?”. I tell ya, people these days…
§ Comment by Ross on June 28th, 2006 at 6:31 pm
It was out of the blue – not near birthday, anniversary, Christmas or anything! What else is a girl to think ??
§ Comment by The Girlfriend on February 15th, 2007 at 8:39 pm