On Sun, 08 May 2016 11:01:58 -0700, Christopher Reimer wrote: > On 5/8/2016 10:53 AM, alister wrote: >> 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. > > What do you expect from people who haven't graduated from Harvard? :P > > Thank you, > > Chris R.
i think the two people i am thinking of both did go to Harvard, i don't know if they graduated or not -- Old MacDonald had an agricultural real estate tax abatement. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
