Inspiring Computer Science College Student Stories?

Question

After watching "The Social Network", a movie about Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook, I had a productivity spike as it inspired me to learn many different languages and software. That spike has been deteriorating somewhat and I don't feel like watching the movie all over again so I was wondering if anybody had any other similar success stories/links/articles/whatever. Mainly about successes that started for people in college.

Answer 1

Google, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter were all founded either completely, or partially, by college students. The founders have had biographies written about them, and the stories of the companies have been told multiple times - see some examples below:

http://www.amazon.com/Google-Story-David-Vise/dp/055380457X

http://www.silicon-valley-story.de/sv/apple.html

Beyond just programming, there are lots of people who can serve as models for success - check out Tim Ferris and his blog, for example, or check out these stories listing young millionaires:

http://www.entrepreneur.com/youngmillionaires

http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/05/27/meet-the-new-young-millionaires/

If you're looking for motivating stories, there is a plethora of them. You might want to also ask this question on the startup stackexchange site http://answers.onstartups.com/

Answer 2

Not exactly software related. But Michael Dell started building computers in college and the company grew from there.