President Bok, former President Rudenstein, incoming President Faust,
Members of the Harvard Company and the Supervisory Committee, members.
All teachers, parents and especially graduates:
Dear President Bok, former President Rudenstine, incoming President Faust, members of Harvard Group, directors of the Board of Supervisors, teachers, parents and students,
For more than 30 years, I have been waiting to say this sentence: "Dad, I always told you that I would come back and get my degree."
There is a saying that I have been waiting for 30 years, and now I can finally say: "Dad, I always told you that I would come back to get my degree!" " "
I want to thank Harvard for giving me this timely honor. I'm going to change my job
It's good to finally have a college degree next year.
My resume.
I want to thank Harvard University for giving me this honor at this time. Next year, I'm going to change my job (note: I'm retiring from Microsoft) ... It's really great to finally write on my resume that I have a college degree.
I applaud today's graduates, who took a more direct path.
Your degree. For me, I'm glad Crimson called me.
"Harvard's most successful dropout." I think it makes me
The farewell speaker of my special class ... I did the best of all.
It failed.
I am happy for all the students present today. It is much easier for you to get a degree than for me. The newspaper of Harvard University called me "the most successful dropout in the history of Harvard University". I think this may qualify me to speak on behalf of my students ... among all the losers, I did the best.
Bill Gates' Speech at Harvard University
But I also want to be seen as letting steve ballmer.
Drop out of business school. I am a bad influence. That's why I
Be invited to speak at your graduation ceremony. If I were in your
There may be fewer people here today.
However, I also want to remind you that I let steve ballmer drop out of Harvard Business School. Therefore, I am a bad influence person. That's why I was invited to speak at your's graduation ceremony. If I had given a speech at the welcoming ceremony in your, far fewer people would have graduated here today.
Harvard was an extraordinary experience for me. Academic life is
Fascinating. I used to sit in on many courses that I didn't even sign up for.
Because. Dormitory life is great. I live in Radcliffe, Courier
house There are always many people in my dormitory late at night.
Discuss things, because everyone knows that I am not worried about getting up.
Morning. This is how I became an anti-social leader.
Group. We clung together to prove that we refused.
All those social people.
For me, the experience of studying at Harvard is an extraordinary experience. Campus life is very interesting. I often attend classes that I didn't attend. Harvard's extracurricular life is also great, and I live a carefree life in Radcliffe.
A few days. Every day, many people in my dormitory stay up until midnight to discuss all kinds of things. Because everyone knows that I never consider getting up early the next day. This makes me the head of those restless students on campus, and we
Stick together and make a gesture of rejecting all normal students.
Radcliffe is a good place to live. There are more women there,
Most boys are science and engineering students. This combination provides
Give me the best chance, if you know what I mean. This is where I study.
The sad lesson is that improving the odds does not guarantee success.
Radcliffe is a good place to live. There are more girls than boys, and most boys are science and engineering students. This situation creates the best opportunity for me, if you know what I mean. Unfortunately, it is here that I learned a sad lesson in life: a big chance doesn't mean you will succeed.
One of my biggest memories at Harvard happened in 1975 1 month, when I was
Call a company in Albuquerque from Currier House.
Started making the world's first personal computer. I offered to sell.
Their software.
My most unforgettable memory at Harvard occurred in 1975 65438+ October. At that time, I called a company in Albuquerque from my dormitory building, which was already making the world's first personal computer. I offered to sell them the software.
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