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by brudgers 1569 days ago
Bill Gates was writing and selling software (with Paul Allen) while in high school.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traf-O-Data

The selling part is what sets him apart from almost everyone. Writing lots of code sets him apart from most programmers.

Gates was able to learn CS by working alongside experts who he hired to work at Microsoft and self study over decades.