[UncleEntity]

I went to college for a big chunk of the 90s, liked to fiddle with computers and didn’t know programming paid well.

In fact I didn’t know much at all about computer science other than some prerequisite class I was bored out of my mind in.

[sideshowb]

That's because you were obviously interested in programming, not money (yay).

Gates was, however, on the Forbes rich list since the late 80s, and richest person in the world from 1995, so I find it hard to believe anybody really money-driven wouldn't have known this at the time.