He wrote the spec for Excel and Gates didn't scream at him, according to his own account: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/06/16/my-first-billg-review/ https

He wrote the spec for Excel and Gates didn't scream at him, according to his own account: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/06/16/my-first-billg-review/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/06/16/my-first-billg-rev... (A good read, like most any one of his pieces - nothing wrong with his writing talent, obviously ...)