Software developer and blogger Joel Spolsky has written a delightful little piece on My First BillG Review, back in the days when he was a program manager on Excel.
Times have changed, of course. In his non-retirement speech yesterday, Gates said: "In the early days, I liked to review every line of code, to interview every job applicant. Today, our products include millions of lines of code, we hire thousands of people a year, I've had to lighten up in both of those areas."