# Not a bad way to spend a career... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 27, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681 "2008-06-27T07:32:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681/1 "2008-06-27T07:32:14Z")
Drop out of Harvard. Start your own business. Change the world. Make billions. Retire at 52. :tup: Bill Gates is retiring. > **[Microsoft Seeks Path Beyond Gates’s Legacy](https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/technology/27soft.html)** > > As Bill Gates moves on, it will be up to successors to master the Internet’s challenges or see Microsoft’s stature erode. ---
**Author:** ![skylinez07](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skylinez07/32/4993_2.png) [@skylinez07](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/skylinez07)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681/2 "2008-06-27T07:34:52Z")
:fry: ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681/3 "2008-06-27T07:37:06Z")
bill gates is the man :tup: a natural, if you will ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681/4 "2008-06-27T07:38:21Z")
Wow, no hate yet? Yea, hes been slowly stepping down for a while now. Just gonna run his humanitarian causes with his personal fortune plus Buffetts. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681/5 "2008-06-27T07:40:40Z")
Nice, I hope he enjoys giving away all his money ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681/6 "2008-06-27T07:44:24Z")
:tup: Good for him. Most people as smart as Gates have a hard time with college, sitting around being lectured by professors who are far less intelligent than them. ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681/7 "2008-06-27T07:45:00Z")
![http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/06/27/business/27soft02_650.jpg](http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/06/27/business/27soft02_650.jpg) lol ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681/8 "2008-06-27T07:45:34Z")
the force is strong with those guys. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681/9 "2008-06-27T07:46:39Z")
grizzly adams DID have a beard. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681/10 "2008-06-27T07:47:15Z")
![http://ndn.newsweek.com/media/36/microsoft-bill-gates-technology-company-BZ04-wide-horizontal.jpg](http://ndn.newsweek.com/media/36/microsoft-bill-gates-technology-company-BZ04-wide-horizontal.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681/11 "2008-06-27T07:53:43Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > :tup: > > Good for him. Most people as smart as Gates have a hard time with college, sitting around being lectured by professors who are far less intelligent than them. that’s what made it hard for me ---
**Author:** ![jay\_g](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jay_g/32/111288_2.png) [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681/12 "2008-06-27T07:55:17Z")
> [@Dr.Stevil](#): > wait wat??? is that supposed to be all the same people? Why are there 3 old ladies in the new pic hmmmmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681/13 "2008-06-27T07:55:48Z")
> [@Fry"](#): > > Drop out of Harvard. Start your own business. Change the world. Make billions. Retire at 52. :tup: > > Bill Gates is retiring. > [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/technology/27soft.html](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/technology/27soft.html) welcome to 6 months ago 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681/14 "2008-06-27T07:56:14Z")
[quote=“num482,post:12,topic:50681"”] wait wat??? is that supposed to be all the same people? Why are there 3 old ladies in the new pic hmmmmmmmm [/quote] one of those guys died ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681/15 "2008-06-27T07:57:42Z")
i hope it wasnt the dude with the orange collar, he looks pretty pimp. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681/16 "2008-06-27T08:25:44Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > welcome to 6 months ago 🙂 Right, because today is his last day working at MS full time? :zong: :hay: ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681/17 "2008-06-27T08:26:35Z")
it was announced then, so your just rehashing old news 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Schema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Schema](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Schema)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681/18 "2008-06-27T08:38:28Z")
[quote=“num482,post:12,topic:50681"”] wait wat??? is that supposed to be all the same people? Why are there 3 old ladies in the new pic hmmmmmmmm [/quote] The guy in the top center of the old photo died in 2002, the lady with white hair in the 2nd photo was an OG too, but missed the shoot for the first picture. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681/19 "2008-06-27T08:46:49Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > Wow, no hate yet? as a business man and tech nerd, I admire the guy. He lived the American Dream and came out on top. Nothing but respect for him