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SOURCE CODE

Published : Saturday, 19 April, 2025 at 12:00 AM  Count : 2831
Bill Gates
In Source Code, Bill Gates - the tech titan and philanthropic billionaire, who actively works to solve global challenges through his foundation - presents a memoir as ambitious as it is larger than life. This first installment of a planned trilogy provides once-in-a-lifetime look into the life of one of the most influential figures in computing history. Much like the Windows operating systems he once helped engineer, Gates dissects his childhood memories into lines of code, revealing the hidden stories behind his soaring success in software. With the precision of a programmer, he revisits his beginnings as a part-time coder and retraces his journey from a business hero to a planetary troubleshooter. His life's transition from the 60s to 70s to 80s… this book defines it all.

Gates' greatest feat as an author is making the familiar feel revelatory. Even readers who know the Microsoft arc by heart will marvel at his recollections of life-defining moments - like getting pro tips from his grandmother on how to be great at playing cards; picking up study habits from those around him; and indulging in books and encyclopaedias to discover the priceless power of self-knowledge. He even snuck out late at night to code, drawn as he was by the irresistible new fad of programming.

Happily, at his Lakeside School, students were not subject to iron discipline or draconian drills, which meant teachers also enjoyed the freedom to run their experiments. The classic example is that if a student had a burning interest in a topic, his teacher could deviate from the planned course of study and head in a new direction. The school hired teachers with a deep passion for their fields. Some had worked at places like Boeing. One was an astrophysicist and others were even lawyers.

Reviewed by Raihan Kabir Prince

It should come as no surprise that code-writing required teeth-gritting concentration-especially in the early 70s, when computers were still hulking, room-sized machines that triggered a vortex of operations. Yet Bill being the boy-wonder he was, had full control over every line of code and command he punched into those supersized computers even while still in high school. To him, coding was like gymnastics for the brain-a ritual through which he explored the realm of man-machine unity. But it was not just a childhood fixation; it shaped his formative years and helped him master one of the unlikeliest professions in his late twenties that would eventually allow him to make a game change in the tech world by co-founding the world's biggest software company and becoming the world's richest man.

The title "Source Code" is both metaphor and mission: Just as software relies on foundational lines of instruction, biography relies on an honest, stripped-down, and laid bare presentation of one's journey. With the patience of a coder writing a program, Gates structures the book as a series of "coding" sessions, each chapter tackling a phase of his early life, among which are Lakeside School, Harvard University, and the world-transforming Microsoft Corporation. The software he created at Microsoft shortly thereafter would significantly change the arc of history in personal computing.

At its core, the just-released Source Code is a chance to reach back into Gates' childhood days, early career, and his first baby steps at Microsoft. It's one of those rare biographies that divides one's life into a "before" and an "after." The whole thing feels like it's been knitted with the love of a thousand memories. And for his expectant fans, this feels like a perfect handshake from the heart.


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