Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who has an estimated net worth of $92.1 billion, says there are three distinct moments in his life where he truly felt successful: high school, his 20s and his 30s.
In a recent 'Ask Me Anything' session on Reddit, Gates was asked, 'When did you consider yourself a success?'
'There are many domains to be successful in,' the billionaire responded. He then highlighted three of his most memorable achievements: 'I was a success in getting good grades and test scores in high school,' he wrote. 'I was a success at writing good code by my early 20s. The dream of the PC being an enabling tool came true by the 1990s.'
Gates explains that he became tech-obsessed at age 13 and spent much of his time learning basic programming followed by machine learning. 'By the time I was 16, I got a job programming at TRW [a firm that developed military and civil space systems], which helped me learn even more (skipping part of my senior year),' he wrote. 'I was lucky to have something I loved to do and which became more important in the years ahead.'
While there have been time he's doubted his skills, Gates wrote that 'programming is one I have always had a lot of confidence in.'
