Book excerpt: "Source Code: My Beginnings" by Bill Gates
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Source Code: My Beginnings by Bill Gates review – refreshingly frank
In contrast to the current crop of swaggering tech bros, the Microsoft founder comes across as wry and self-deprecating in this memoir of starting out. Bill Gates is the John McEnroe of the tech ...The Guardian - 17h -
Book Review: ‘Source Code,’ by Bill Gates
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