On Mon, 09 May 2016 03:12:14 +1000, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, 8 May 2016 08:21 pm, Cai Gengyang wrote: > >> If one looks at the Forbes List, you will see that there are 4 >> programmers amongst the top ten richest people in the world (Bill >> Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison and Jeff Bezos) , a very large >> percentage. Science and Technology is in a sense the most egalitarian >> field in the world, because it involves using your brains and >> creativity. You don't need to have a father who is a director at >> Goldman Sachs or a mother who is the admissions officer at Harvard to >> succeed in this line. > > Bill Gates III's father was a prominent lawyer, his mother was on the > board of directors for First Interstate BancSystem and United Way, and > one of his grandfathers was a national bank president. Gates himself > went to Harvard. > > Zuckerberg's paternal grandparents were successful middle class, > described as being the first on the block to own a colour TV. (This was > back in the days when colour TVs were an expensive toy that few could > afford.) His parents were also very successful professionals: a dentist > and a psychiatrist. And he too went to Harvard. Despite the jeans and > tee-shirts Zuckerberg is known for wearing, he's firmly from the > professional/upper class. > > Bezos comes from a family of land-holders from Texas. His grandfather > was regional director of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and was > financially successful enough to retire at an early age. He didn't go to > Harvard, but he did go to Princeton. > > Ellison is the son of an unwed mother who gave him up for adoption by > her aunt and uncle, comfortably middle-class. That makes him the closest > out of the group as a "regular guy".
And at least 2 of the above reached their position using business practices that could be described as less than 100% honorable & above board. -- Wait ... is this a FUN THING or the END of LIFE in Petticoat Junction?? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
