Tasdeeq Rahman sent a message to William Henry Gates that said:
Dear Bill Gates,
Good afternoon. I am a college student from Stony Brook University and I'm terrified about my future. I'm not interested in any of my course work. I'm worried about not getting a job after college. I'm worried about slaving away 8 hours a day possibly doing something that's unfulfilling. My parents want me to be a doctor, but I have no interest to going to school for another decade.
It's decribed in Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers how you developed an early interest in computers and programming, you put in "10,000" hours in programming, and you consequently had a leg-up on the competition when you started Microsoft. While I do wish to put in 10,000 hours in something I enjoy, do you have any recommendations as to how I would find this area I might also put in 10,000 hours? Is there anything I can do to become just like you?
Thank you,
Tasdeeq Rahman
