Educational Outliers
The Club created by the Mothers of Bill Gates High School, that financially supported and enabled the Computer Club created at the same school.
The Mother's Club
In the chapter, Bill Joy is compared to who Bill Gates, why?
He made such a huge impact on the creation of such a hugely used system, Microsoft.
When did the University of Michigan Computer Center open?
1971
The band, made of four musicians, which changed the course of music and made a name for themselves in the sixties. First mentioned on page 35 of the Outliers.
Who are the Beetles? (or John lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.)
The University supported by Paul Allen and Bill Gates for letting them famously steal computer time from the school.
University of Washington
In Bill Joy's Freshman year of high school he stumbled across _______ and he was hooked. What sparked his interest in this pathway?
Computer Center
What school started a computer club in Bill Gates’ second year?
Lakeside
The hard working programmer of Java first mentioned in section one of chapter two of Outliers.
Who is Bill Joy?
The Private Highschool located in Seattle where famous entrepeneur Bill Gates attended
Lakeside High School
What was the college Bill Joy graduated from?
University of California at Berkeley
Which schools in this chapter had access to time-sharing software?
Lakeside and University of Michigan
Who is Mozart?
The company acronymed as TRW, with connections to both ISI and Bonneville Power Station, that eventually hired Bill Gates to work on one of their projects.
Thompson Ramo Woodridge Inc.
What pathway was Joy interested in before he went in computer programming?
Mathematics and Engineering
Which college was one of the first to switch to time-sharing and when?
University of Michigan, 1967
The rule by which many famous figures benefited, being called geniuses of their time. This rule was only achievable with copious opportunities.
What is the Ten thousand hour rule?
A computer outfit located at the University of Washington, which hired Bill Gates to code a piece of software. Also known as the ISI.
Information Sciences Inc
Did Bill Joy actually enjoy his job with computer programming? Why or why not?
Yes. Joy very much enjoyed his job and had even said how he'd fall asleep at his keyboards from spending so much time programming and expanding his knowledge.
How many schools TOTAL are mentioned in this chapter? (HINT: A lot more than you think)
13; University of Michigan, North Farmington High School, University of California at Berkeley, Yale, Berlin’s Elite Academy of Music, MIT, Caltech, University of Waterloo, Carnegie Mellon, Dartmouth, Lakeside, University of Washington, and Harvard
The year range which benefited coders, and programmers lucky enough to be born at that time and have access to computers with a time-sharing terminal.
When is 1854-1855? (up to 1850-1860 is accepted)