Watch 33-year-old Bill Gates describe the ideal candidate for a job at Microsoft in 1989 via CNBCMakeIt
If you wanted a job with Microsoft at the height of the personal computer revolution, you only needed to display two qualities — at least, that's what Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates told NBC's"Today" show in 1989.
Of course, new hires also needed"to be smart before they come in," Gates adds, but Microsoft also wanted bright, but malleable, candidates who could be easily trained."We give them a lot of training on the job, we put them right to work," he says."But, no, we don't expect that they know a lot about [the work] before they get there."
First, said Gates,"I grew up in Seattle, so as soon as my company had over 20 people, I decided to move it back here."
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