Celebrities on Reddit

Bill Gates

Co-founder of Microsoft and the Gates Foundation

How we know it's theirs

His 2014 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 66 posts and 146 comments from u/thisisbillgates, dated 2013 to 2026, most often in r/IAmA, r/AskReddit and r/Coronavirus.

Best moment

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Ask Me Anything.”

What's your fondest memory at Harvard?

u/thisisbillgates replied

I decided that I would be different and never attend any class I was signed up for but always attend a class I wasn't signed up for. This worked out in a funny way when the final exam for a…

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I decided that I would be different and never attend any class I was signed up for but always attend a class I wasn't signed up for. This worked out in a funny way when the final exam for a Combinatorics class (which I signed up for) was given at the same table as my Brain studies class (which I attended and did not sign up for). My friends from Brain studies thought it was very strange that I sat on the wrong side of the table and took the Combinatorics exam even when I was the most vocal student in the Brain class.

More moments

A redditor posted in r/AskReddit

If you could be 25 again what would you do differently? (Serious)

u/thisisbillgates replied

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When I was 25, I didn’t believe in vacations. I didn’t believe in weekends. I pushed everyone around me to work very long hours—which is how I worked, too. But as I got older—and especially once I became a father—I realized that there’s more to life than work. Don’t wait as long as I did to learn this lesson. Take time to nurture your relationships, celebrate your successes, and recover from your losses. Take a break when you need to. Take it easy on the people around you when they need it, too. You’re not a slacker if you cut yourself some slack.

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Ask Me Anything.”

Tabs or Spaces?

u/thisisbillgates replied

When I code I use tabs because you want the columns to line up. For some word documents I use tabs. You want things to adjust when you go back and edit them and tabs help.

A redditor posted in r/oddlysatisfying

A mosquito tries to poke with all its might

u/thisisbillgates replied

Finally, a video about mosquitoes that doesn't suck.