Melinda French Gates on Microsoft’s Early 'Boys Club'

What was the culture of Microsoft back then? Like for better and for worse, I want I want to know. There were some odd characters, including one developer who drumed his way with drumsticks around his office. And I thought, well, there were some odd characters in computer science at Duke, and that's okay. There weren't very many women, and in particular, there weren't that many technical women. It was like a boy's debate club. You'd go into the meetings and you had to, you know, have your points and know wh ...