Programming Insights from Industry Experts

In what grade did Bill Gates learn to program?

• 6th

• 7th

• 8th

• 9th

In what grade did Mark Zuckerberg get his first computer?

• 4th

• 5th

• 6th

• 7th

What excites Makinde, a Pinterest Engineer, about programming?

• Being able to fix people's problems

• Creating new games

• Designing websites

• Earning a lot of money

What does Karlie, a fashion model, say you can do with coding?

• Only express yourself

• Only build things

• Express yourself and build things from an idea

• Only play games

What is computer science considered the basis for?

• Only video games

• Only social media

• A lot of things college students and professionals will do

• Only building robots

Why does Amanda, a Google Engineer, like programming?

• Because it's easy

• Because she likes helping people

• Because it's a popular field

• Because she likes working alone

What opportunity does Paola, a Microsoft Engineer, get through programming?

• To travel the world

• To build something that makes people's lives easier

• To become famous

• To work from home

How does Drew, who created Dropbox, describe computer science?

• A difficult challenge

• A new trend

• The closest thing to a superpower

• A hobby

Who created Instagram

• Paola

• Bill

• Kevin

• Fred