I am not shocked that many people think programming is something good to know, nor that they seek to emulate the very powerful.

While Bill Gates is a good programmer, it is not by his programming skills he has become so wealthy and powerful. It is by being deceptive and tricking people that he leveraged his programming skills into a global empire called Microsoft. Surely biographers have written his story for Koreans to read.

I am not the first, nor the only, person who has noted this about Bill Gates.

I think programming is very useful, and a good skill to have. I admire good programmers, and all skilled people that do good work. If you are interested in programming, and work hard to be good at it, I am sure you will succeed. If you do, I will be happy for you.

I do not admire deception, manipulation, or theft, so I do not admire Bill Gates.