{"product_id":"source-code-my-beginnings-9780593687468b","title":"Source Code: My Beginnings","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe origin story of one of the most influential and transformative business leaders and philanthropists of the modern age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEveryone is programmed a little differently, and Bill Gates' unique insight led to business triumphs that are now widely known: the twenty-year-old who dropped out of Harvard to start a software company that became an industry giant and changed the way the world works and lives; the billionaire many times over who turned his attention to philanthropic pursuits to address climate change, global health, and U.S. education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSource Code\u003c\/i\u003e is not about Microsoft or the Gates Foundation or the future of technology. It’s the human, personal story of how Bill Gates became who he is today: his childhood, his early passions and pursuits. It’s the story of his principled grandmother and ambitious parents, his first deep friendships and the sudden death of his best friend; of his struggles to fit in and his discovery of a world of coding and computers in the dawn of a new era; of embarking in his early teens on a path that took him from midnight escapades at a nearby computer center to his college dorm room, where he sparked a revolution that would change the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBill Gates tells this, his own story, for the first time: wise, warm, revealing, it’s a fascinating portrait of an American life.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e“A surprisingly candid memoir of the Microsoft mogul’s early years…Reading this book feels like watching someone take a well-known black-and-white sketch, fill in the details, and paint it in vivid color.” —\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eGeekWire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42869749055568,"sku":"9780593687468B","price":11.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780593687468-l.jpg?v=1785890202","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/source-code-my-beginnings-9780593687468b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}