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The crazy thing Bill Gates used to do to monitor workplace productivity
- mtmail 11y agoclick-bait title It says Bill Gates used to check the parking lot on weekends to see who was working. He worked 80h/week himself.
- markyc 11y agothis is why newspapers are dying (making up fluff articles with bombastic names)
- stereo 11y agoI know that’s the WashPo’s title, but it would be really nice if HN could be free of clickbait headlines.
- iokevins 11y agoTL;DR: Bill Gates shares, "I knew everybody's licence plate so I could look out at the parking lot and see, you know, when people come in." Paul Allen confirms Gates would "prowl" the parking lot on weekends to document who had arrived at work.
- oryades 11y agoAnd I read till the end to figure out what was that "crazy" thing...