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Bill Gates to Finally Receive His Harvard Degree
coondoggie writes "It's not like he needs it to beef up his résumé, but the world's richest college dropout finally is getting his degree. Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, will speak at Harvard University's commencement ceremony in June and, like all commencement speakers, will receive an honorary degree from the institution. It's hard to guess if Gates, the wealthiest person in the world and co-founder of a company that brought in $44 billion in revenue last year, cares. But the programming whiz who once dropped out of Harvard will likely feel some sense of satisfaction."
It was the holiday season. She and her husband had decided to attend a performance of King Lear. It was their first night out together in months. During the second act one of the performers became ill. The manager of the theater walked onto the stage, and asked, "Is there a doctor in the house?" Her husband stood up, and shouted, "I have an honorary degree from Anderson College!" It was at that moment when she decided not to get him anything for Christmas.
--Snoopy
doesn't count! He'll never be able to get a CS job with that!
now maybe he could get past the resume screeners and get a job at Google? It's good to see him do something with his life now.
In other news, Harvard University has just been granted 10,000 honorary Vista licenses and 10,000 Office 2k7 licenses...
Finally his parents will get off his back to go back to school and do something with his life!
Bullshit, he wrote Clippy!
At Bently College, when we gave Jerry from "Ben and Jerry's" ice cream and honorary degree, he brought with him a truck of free ice cream. So much so that every student and proffessor willing had a freezer stuffed with the stuff afterwards... What will Gates do, give all the students copies of WIndows Vista? Thats a bit like someone dousing the students with STD infected blood...
Now who should get an honorary Harvard degree is Hugh Heffneir, for his buisness empire... Maybe he would pass the bunnies around...
3 degrees of separation from Vladimir Putin
Which field? I didn't know there was a subject called "monopology".
Only three things are certain; death, taxes, and apocryphal quotations - Ben Franklin.
You've seen his code? I think we have a problem here...
Gaining unauthorized access to code is a violation of the DCMA. Please turn yourself in to your local police station and await charges there. I believe the RIAA wants in on this one, too.
I don't like Linux. This doesn't make me a troll.
No. It's: "Eeeexellent...".
Then maybe he'd have a better understanding of Ethics.
-R
(Slide of Bill Gates' inbox comes up, showing "Ref1nance your morgage!").
However, sometimes they hit just by random chance.
(Next message in inbox is about "U.N.I.V.E.R.S.I.T.Y.D.I.P.L.O.M.A.S").
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It's an honorary degree, it's more like saying "we recognise you as being prominent in this field and here's the proof."
Yup. He better not try to pass it off as a real degree on a job applicaton or he'll be in trouble.
"At the same ceremony Harvard honored Steve Balmer's Contributions by giving him a Chair."
If you are using calculus to admin boxes, you are doing it wrong.
Yeah he started this little company a while ago.
Not really sure what happened with it.
Apparently, it's a big fuss in some circles... go figure.
"You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours." -- Yogi Berra
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
"Went back to collage under a pseudonym and got his own damned degree."
Yeah, but a degree in Photoshop only takes you so far.
"Growing old is inevitable; growing up is optional."
No doubt a PhD means a lot more that a BS.
No, it's the same BS, just Piled Higher and Deeper.
I hope Mr. Gates understands that life is difficult for recent graduates. His first job post-degree will likely be an entry-level position without glamour or sufficient compensation. The dog-eat-dog world of corporate America isn't for everyone. Perhaps he won't get too put off by the whole thing.
If Gates is such a great coder, he should release the source to prove it!
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