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BATB score: 7/10 🤓

Best as: a memoir to Bill Gate’s adolescence years from age 7 with a lot a lot of details that wasn’t necessary

BATB lingering thought: talking about a head start; when you start being curious about the world since 7 and start programming at age 13, by the time you are 19, you already made Microsoft

Best to: when the library is your comfort zone, reading books is your favorite pastime activity, and programming is your prodigy; you get a Bill Gates ie. “The truth was, I felt most at home in my own head.”

Best for: Bill Gate’s loyal fans, congratulations, the nerd wins

Best quotes: “A life well-lived meant living simply, giving your time and money to others, and, most of all, using your brain - staying engaged with the world.”

“Often she was the smartest person in the room, but she was careful to let others shine.”

“This is what smart people do. They get together with other smart people and solve really tough problems. That sounds perfect to me.”

“To question what you know - what you think is true - is how the world advances.”

“I so deeply identified with being the smartest, the best. That status was a shield behind which I hid my insecurities.”