Being a programmer meant not making all that much money. This was true as late as in the 1980s. Before Gates, nobody rich was also a programmer. People like Ro

Being a programmer meant not making all that much money. This was true as late as in the 1980s. Before Gates, nobody rich was also a programmer. People like Ross Perot were not programmers. Whatevs about it "being cool". I can certainly understand being interested in computers, but ... it's hardly what the cool kids do, what with they Camaros and 6x9 speakers and 8-track tape :)