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"The people you've with and sat next to in lectures are not just your classmates. On Saturday, Gates advised recent graduates to keep valuing the connections they made throughout college. He spent most of his time in class or studying, leaving little room for building friendships. One of Gates' biggest college regrets, he told Harvard students in 2018: Not being sociable enough. It's a "good thing" to reevaluate yourself and your goals, even if they don't align with what you originally imagined, Gates noted. The foundation has issued $65.6 billion in grant payments since 2000, focusing largely on global issues like climate change, gender equality and health care, according to its website. "Today, I still work on software, but philanthropy is my full-time job," he said, referencing his work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which he co-founded with his ex-wife Melinda French Gates. Gates did work at Microsoft for a long time: He was the company's CEO until 2000, and board director until 2014. He's "so glad" that he was wrong about that, he added. When he co-founded Microsoft in 1975, he thought that "I would work there for the rest of my life," he said. Gates recalled battling this same pressure when he was a student. "It might feel like those decisions are permanent.
"You're probably facing a lot of pressure right now to make the right decisions about your career," Gates said.
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