Gates, Zuckerberg champion computer programming in new nonprofit video


BIG NAMES: Gates in a still from a new video released online to promote computer programming. The video also features Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey. — Code.org

Nearly 30 years later, the twin brothers are firmly planted in the tech industry's elite circles, after selling companies to Microsoft and News Corp's MySpace, and tapping the rare connections to invest early on in Facebook, Dropbox and Zappos.

Hadi Partovi says the arc of his own successful rise in the tech world was shaped by an early interest in computers and a formal education in writing software, or coding, which enabled that spark to flourish into a career.

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