Bill Gates Quote

[mishi8]

Rule #3 :...You will NOT make $40,000 a year right out of high school, and you won't be vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
How about 50k? I know some people that do. AND, for later on:
Kids at the University of Waterloo are getting 100k+ jobs at IBM right out of school?

I bet those people are stretching the truth on their salaries. Most university grads don't make 50k right out of school, at least not in Canada. Sure, there are some jobs that pay higher wages, but they are the exception rather than the rule. Most people have to "pay their dues" and work their way up to higher salaries (some quicker than others, depending on the industry/business.) Out of high school, though, you won't be making 50k for a very long time...and it's getting tougher to work your way up the ladder with only a high school diploma...a degree is becoming a must have for career advancement.

 

[Sensei_the_dojo]

An interesting set of quotations. For the most part I agree with them. However, they didn't come from Bill Gates.

"This list is the work of Charles J. Sykes, author of the book Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write, Or Add."

http://www.snopes.com/language/document/liferule.htm

 

[Emg]

That's interesting....the source I got those quotes from said that Bill Gates said them at a highschool message. Perhaps he read the same book !


Thanks for the correction....though it really doesn't matter who said them....they sure ring true !