Bill Gates in 1989 On His Hiring Process, Microsoft's Seattle Area Office
In a 1989 NBC "Today Show" interview, Bill Gates explains why he chose not to locate his company in Silicon Valley. He also shares what he was looking for in job candidates. At the time, Microsoft had just over 4,000 employees.
If you wanted a job with Microsoft at the height of the personal computer revolution, you only needed to display two qualities - at least, that's what Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates told NBC's "Today" show in 1989.
Gates, who was then just 33 years old and still CEO of the tech giant, told NBC's Jane Pauley that job candidates' age and experience were less important than their enthusiasm for work and their belief in making computers more accessible for the average person.
"Well, we'll hire people at any age as long as they're super energetic and they want to make personal computers easier to use," Gates says before admitting that most new Microsoft employees were on the younger side. "But, we end up hiring mostly people right out of college or business school."
Of course, new hires also needed "to be smart before they come in," Gates adds, but Microsoft also wanted bright, but malleable, candidates who could be easily trained. "We give them a lot of training on the job, we put them right to work," he says. "But, no, we don't expect that they know a lot about [the work] before they get there."
In other words, in 1989, Microsoft didn't exactly expect every job candidate to be as adept at writing software as the company's co-founders - Gates and Paul Allen developed the programming language software that launched Microsoft in 1975. New hires were expected to be smart, enthusiastic and ready to learn.
Gates also tells Pauley why the company was headquartered in the Seattle area instead of Silicon Valley.
First, said Gates, "I grew up in Seattle, so as soon as my company had over 20 people, I decided to move it back here." (He and Paul Allen co-founded the company in Albuquerque, New Mexico.)
But also, "in California, in Silicon Valley, ... a lot of things happen but the rumor mill makes it hard to keep secrets and employees switch from company to company," he says. In Seattle, "we're able to keep our secrets and, you know, be really on our own," Gates says in the interview.
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Bill Gates in 1989 On His Hiring Process, Microsoft's Seattle Area Office
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With those Windows he's wearing it's no wonder he can see the future.
@error_1834
5 жыл бұрын
hahahahahaha
@aniesilahi538
4 жыл бұрын
😂
@travissearles23
4 жыл бұрын
Just because you're a billionaire it doesn't mean you have the answer to everything! He's going to get you all killed! He's the devil!
@jiayangliu
4 жыл бұрын
King TravisSearles What?
@hannesproductions4302
4 жыл бұрын
@@travissearles23 I think nobody has saved more lives than Bill
He still sound the same at age 33 to now
@thebasketballhistorian3291
5 жыл бұрын
Some people's voices luckily never age. Ex: Bill Murray looks much older now but still has the EXACT SAME VOICE as his SNL days.
@premium7182
4 жыл бұрын
Creepy
@Kimjongun19841
4 жыл бұрын
This guy is evil I should know
@yashwanth8841
4 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah yeah is dead
33 years old? Looks like a freshman.
@arkmanevr2073
4 жыл бұрын
33 years old is still young lol
@billoddy5637
4 жыл бұрын
Well he never graduated, so...
@YanaNova
4 жыл бұрын
@@billoddy5637 😂😂👍🏻
@YanaNova
4 жыл бұрын
@Karan Hello, King of your own tribe?
@YanaNova
4 жыл бұрын
@Karan I will take care of them 👍 Do you need any weapons or are you well prepared? :)
The right employee can make you millions while the wrong one can cost you millions of dollars and a lot of headaches!
@calvinraab8798
5 жыл бұрын
@@Books_Makeup That is a fascinating question! I would love to see if his interviews have evolved or stayed roughly the same!
@campkira
5 жыл бұрын
Bill gate back then was a gangster.
@investingthelike111
4 жыл бұрын
which one are you Calvin?
Ahh, back in the day when companies were willing to teach the less experienced. Now you have to know javascript, python, html/css just to get your application in the system.
@dchawk81
4 жыл бұрын
And that's just for McDonald's cashiers!
@Jeffery99
4 жыл бұрын
Plus at least 10 years of experience
@viveksaharan8526
4 жыл бұрын
@@Jeffery99 and the max age should be 20
@vorzeigur1914
4 жыл бұрын
But html css javascript are basic web development tools. Of course you need to know them. Can't get more basic than that.
@heyoa7714
4 жыл бұрын
I know people with C.S degrees and they can’t code! Other say if you old like 28+ will be hard for you to find job in software industry!
I am 33 year old watching this guy in KZread with snacks and thinking someone will hire me. 😂
@invalid9553
4 жыл бұрын
your so old!!!!! I'm a fetus
@invalid9553
4 жыл бұрын
@HSM shut up and stop criticizing people's grammar you neckbeard
@invalid9553
4 жыл бұрын
@SilentwarH uh dude I haven't corrected anyone here.
@invalid9553
4 жыл бұрын
@SilentwarH when why push the blame on me????
Tony Hawk if he was a nerd
@daprince001x5
4 жыл бұрын
Now I cant unseen that lol
@JMS1089
3 жыл бұрын
Tony Hawk was a genius and so was Rodney Mullen.
when it's rainy, people work hard, lol
@xdgs567z
4 жыл бұрын
Which means most of the year lol
@johnlee2238
4 жыл бұрын
Seattle so 8 months out of the year
@bassam_salim
4 жыл бұрын
@SilentwarH true, in my country it is sunny most of thr year (I think 300 days) when it is overcast or when it is raining lightly it is awesome to peopel here, they go to the beach and take photos of the wet street and go out for a walk
Oh wow, so the benefit of being in Seattle was to feel safe from Silicon valley competition? Interesting stuff.
@ImNotADeeJay
3 жыл бұрын
Is not that they had a shortage of candidates, in the mid-90s, MS got an average of 100k job applications per year
Gates: Seattle is a great place 2020: [hold my beer]
@hrush437
4 жыл бұрын
Loool
@prometheusrex1
4 жыл бұрын
Hold my Communist Manifesto while I molotov cocktail the sh!+ outa this place
"We don't expect that they know a lot about it when they get there..." Imagine getting a great job without at least 3-5 years prior experience doing the exact same job your applying for.
@grocerygoat06
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Times are indeed different nowadays I'm afraid.
@filipportman5981
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it sucks now. I already lost my motivation to study college only to be "lucky" to find a gig economy job with below surviving wage.
now they expect you to have 10 years of experience in HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Python and be under the age of 20
@joeswanson733
2 жыл бұрын
competition is stiffer now.
This is the best Seattle ad I've watched in my life
Wtf how was he that insightful at that time.
@narata1541
5 жыл бұрын
Just because he is younger than 50 doesn't make him less insightful.
@rajab4187
5 жыл бұрын
He's been like that since day 1
@missionpupa
5 жыл бұрын
is that really hard to believe. They guy created Microsoft.
@dareolushina4391
5 жыл бұрын
at 33 ???
@missionpupa
5 жыл бұрын
@@dareolushina4391 he just looks like a child lol
Feels like a half an hour long documentary
Somehow he speaks every time in the same way no matter if he is 60 or 30 hmm interesting
@feminist098
5 жыл бұрын
Even at 90 he will speak like that also at 120 &150
@jesufrito9617
4 жыл бұрын
He’s like recognized his speech
@denissssss8579
4 жыл бұрын
vivek patil true
"when it's raining people work hard", last few days it's raining here and I am not able to focus at all 😆
Bezos definitely watched this interview. Haha
In Seattle when it is raining people work hard. In my country when it is raining people take off from work.
How?! He looks like he hasn’t even finished puberty, what is this mans genes
@genavieveshaw5654
4 жыл бұрын
because he is woman.
@FireProductionz
4 жыл бұрын
@@genavieveshaw5654 how ??
@dvm7005
4 жыл бұрын
nerdy lifestyle
@nuria.l-l-9827
4 жыл бұрын
Probably adrenocrhome...
@spiritualjay7213
4 жыл бұрын
Adrenachrom
It looks like this guy may be success one day
@elvillivle
4 жыл бұрын
Are you serious? This guy is ultra successful. Probably one of the most successful singers in history. His album topped billboards around the world an outside of it. He literally owns the music industry right now.
@syedsajjadali4220
4 жыл бұрын
@@elvillivle and besides that, he is a well known actor!
@parthjain7822
3 жыл бұрын
All these things, u guys are saying are his side gigs, i think he might be successful with the computer stufff
When its raining people work hard. So True.
@bsarioz
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe that's why Bezos also picked Seattle 😂
I always imagined that Silicon Valley didn't exist until like 10-15 years ago.
@billoddy5637
4 жыл бұрын
Silicon Valley has existed for about 70 years now
@premium7182
4 жыл бұрын
Lolololol
@anuradhajoshi7389
4 жыл бұрын
Goes all the way back to Bell labs
@algh3291
4 жыл бұрын
Bill gates parla di ridurre la popolazione e chip sottopelle (mettete i sottotitoli) massima diffusione! m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/aHmpxpWMXbmag9I.html#menu
@trer24
4 жыл бұрын
Consider that Hewlett-Packard was founded in Palo Alto in 1939...
One thing is clear for me when it’s raining Seattle needs Supersonic team even more:(
And now, probably a lot cheaper to live in Seattle.
His glasses were more protective than dioptric
He looks like he smoked a blunt before taking that picture
It is really a great thing that CNBC is focusing more on his business past. He truly is a brilliant man but I think he is capable of doing really great things that require real drive and energy but instead he spends his time doing philanthropic work.
@Proxinq
5 жыл бұрын
What you may not know is his Philanthropy requires the hardest form of drive and energy. Monitoring multiple projects in Africa and beyond and making sure his scientists advance the plight of people in third world countries with innovative ideas is no small feat. All the while maintaining a stupendous amount of wealth...
@bosoyeo
5 жыл бұрын
Lool what? Are you trolling? “Rather he spends his time doing philanthropic work”. Isn’t that the best thing he can be doing with his mind? Like Femi said it requires great intelligence to even do the work he’s doing the way he does it. And he also did “really great things that require real drive and energy” with Microsoft. He’s also doing it again with the foundation.
"He doesn't work for money, he has money work for him"
@Devonellah
5 жыл бұрын
Spot on!!
@roxferesr
5 жыл бұрын
Rich Dad poor Dad?
@abcdxx1059
5 жыл бұрын
umm no
@jessrivera8225
4 жыл бұрын
You mean his dads money
@xXWorldgamefunXx
4 жыл бұрын
Money doesn't work. He has people work for him. I love your sentence because its pure ideology at play here.
Gates created Windows. I LOVE PUNS
@getrektboy
4 жыл бұрын
Nice
@JohnDoe-xo2yf
4 жыл бұрын
And he was wearing them
@pietervermaak34
3 жыл бұрын
Sayan Malakar no he didn't he conned someone out of it.
Larry Ellison just left the chat.
Strong youth ,that's a old young man.
Wow hiring people out of business school? Must have been nice back then.
@fahadus
5 жыл бұрын
I think he meant software engineers etc.
@tc2241
5 жыл бұрын
@@fahadus both
@directorbeau
4 жыл бұрын
@@fahadus you don't think Microsoft has people with business degrees as execs?
@Emma-dh7by
4 жыл бұрын
@@directorbeau not straight out of college
at 0:25 is Mark Zuckerberg. He is getting "training on the job" at Microsoft.
@directorbeau
4 жыл бұрын
@SoundCloud Copyright Free Music woosh
33 year old me at 2020 Watch you tube all the time
Voice never changed
Looking baked asfuk in the thumbnail
When it is raining, people work hard, LoL
-Canidant came for secretary job interview -Bill: write me a code
Bill Gates was always super clear about what he wanted to do and what Microsoft has got to do!
Bill aged well. I'm 31 and i look like i could be his dad
@dogstermcwuff
4 жыл бұрын
Are u dead or alive?
Adds are getting smarter....
perfect response to basically a troll question from the reporter
@Eman-vp5wk
8 күн бұрын
What is a "troll question"?
Success always leaves clues 🔥
@DailyMunch
5 жыл бұрын
And you always leave pointless comments on videos.
@RonnieHouseJr
5 жыл бұрын
It's only pointless if you fail to understand it
@energyenergy3341
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing .
@campkira
5 жыл бұрын
Bill gate back then was a gangster.
Seattle is the next silicon valley
Now you have to pay $70,000 and invest 4 years into a degree just for the BARE MINIMUM requirements
Could those glasses BE any bigger?
Bill Gates change his passion to a amazing profession
I clicked cuz I thought it was Seth Green lol
The King of Kings Yashua Hamashiaj is coming! Reprehend him!
Good points made against Silicon Valley location.
I have never been to Seattle. 😊I 'd like to go to trip to Seattle and to meet you. 😊❤
I love working here ❤
Thank you
How does he do the same thing nowadays when looking for covid-19 vaccines?
Still Bills Voice Hasn’t Change Due To Getting Old Unlike Other Old Dudes.
@drunkfux22
4 жыл бұрын
It’s called adrenochrome 😉
1:17 'All right then, keep your secrets'
Crazy how his voice has not changed lol
Every bio written about Bill Gates says he was a genius but a PAIN IN THE BUTT to work for (same with Steve Jobs). Still, I consider myself a fan of his due to Microsoft and his charity work.
@addiosnia
5 жыл бұрын
Ikr
People like him don’t lead they change the world.
Those glasses...
His voice is never change
Mr. Gates Charisma Is Off The Roof
#FallCabal
When it's raining do people like to work?
Anyone still moving to Seattle these days?
Right out of college or business school? Blasphemy; everyone knows entry levels workers need 10 years of experience in a senior management position before you can even look at their application.
@joeswanson733
2 жыл бұрын
this was 1989.
I love hearing him talk. He’s so smart how does he have this militant mind of business tactics and confidence?
What r those secrets you gotta find them
People asking why he looks young at 33. Many men don’t age between 21-36 but after 36-38 you’ll start getting weaker and older quicker. It’s like the older you get the faster you’ll get older by the year if that makes sense.
Who spot the part where he implied that they moved to Seattle to give devs less option if they wanted to switch jobs lol
Interesting. Basically he wanted to avoid attrition also. Well played Bill.
Original format gates. Amazing to see something retro
I heard about that guy a long time ago, Bill Gates. Whatever happened to him and his company? Probably washed up by now. Glad I never bought any stock.
I didn’t know Ellen had glasses
33?!
@aryamansingh1734
3 жыл бұрын
Freemasonry
No state income tax is a plus too
Lol. This is a completely standard hiring process for software companies.
Not a single message of Healthcare and Vaccines.
"easier to keep secrets I'm Seattle" ahhh innocent times
He hasn't changed his hand gestures one bit.
He is a demonic fool.
Genius. Amazing work ethics these people have 👍
Excellent Mr.Bill gates. I just bought Window 10, it is an excellent product. You have a good team to work with you. Fantastic! Thank you for everything you do for us.
@kakatuaOfficial
5 жыл бұрын
He isn't gonna read this.
@therankingworld7627
5 жыл бұрын
You sound like you're under duress
@missionpupa
5 жыл бұрын
lol @@therankingworld7627
@johnapple6584
5 жыл бұрын
@@kakatuaOfficial whats wrong to thank him...lol..of course he isn't going to reply, its obvious.
@kakatuaOfficial
5 жыл бұрын
@@johnapple6584 He's done nothing for me. I thank projects like wikipedia or linux because I use their products free of charge. But he is one of the richest people in the planet by destroying competition and bribing governments.
He outwitted that reporter
I wanna go
Thankyou🙋👍
The vaccine expert
saying you dont wish to compete on human capital and that the entire metro area is to "gossipy" are funny things to say about Silicon Valley (plus Microsoft has a major office there that they're massively reinvesting in haha)
Sirovo umijece u programiranju je Sizifovski jalov posao programerski, ako programer ne posjeduje odlicujuci faktor "srece" - pored tehnicke i - socijalnu inteligenciju🧠, u kojoj Gejts pliva kao riba u vodi, leti kao kondor
He has so much Energy
“33”... of course, why am I not surprised?
@gtbtp2036
4 жыл бұрын
Philip Erdman my thoughts too. It’s kind of like they’re rubbing it in your face.
@mingdianli7802
4 жыл бұрын
I don't get it
@CelonixCleaningServicesLLC
4 жыл бұрын
Mingdian Li just start looking up 33 and freemasonry and eventually you’ll get it
33...symbolism
@SimonHaestoe
4 жыл бұрын
Come on... People have an age lol..
@Eman-vp5wk
8 күн бұрын
It's his age. It comes after 32.
I don't tryst people who don't share
Why we even take the time to comment on this? I feel guilty.
0:08 in Microsoft they want to make computers easier to use. In Apple they do it) How they wanted to make it easier to use without the work of UX designers before start of coding?
1989 is my year of Birth. :)
Did those 100000+ people include the ones living in India?
@lifehope4201
4 жыл бұрын
Majority are US population
Just hire Steve Jobs he's energetic and he simplified computers
@aurorafeng9031
5 жыл бұрын
Steve would be the first to ignore the easy ant thing used by everybody all the time.
What a man!