Pradosh Nag

One of my colleagues at work emailed me Bill Gates’ Harvard commencement speech. I thought it was a great speech with an important message for all of us:”I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: “Dad, I always told you I’d come back and get my degree.” I want to thank Harvard for this timely honor. I’ll be changing my job next year … and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume.

I applaud the graduates today for taking a much more direct route to your degrees. For my part, I’m just happy that the Crimson has called me “Harvard’s most successful dropout.” I guess that makes me valedictorian of my own special class … I did the best of everyone who failed”…………………..>> click here for the full text of the speech