Bill Gates organized an enormous session to recruit a new Chairman for Microsoft Europe.
Exactly 5,000 candidates assembled in a large room.
One candidate is MARIO DIMACULANGAN.
Bill Gates: Thank you for coming. Those who do not know JAVA may leave.
2,000 people leave the room.
MARIO says to himself, ‘I do not know JAVA but I have nothing to lose if
I stay. I’ll give it a try’
Bill Gates: Candidates who never had experience in managing more than 100
people may leave. 2,000 people leave the room.
MARIO says to himself ‘ I never managed anybody but myself, but I have
nothing to lose if I stay. What can happen to me?’ So he stays.
Bill Gates: Candidates who do not have management diplomas may leave. 500
people leave the room.
MARIO says to himself, ‘I left high school at 15 but what have I got to
lose?’ So he stays in the room.
Lastly, Bill Gates asked the candidates who do not speak Serbo - Croat to
leave. 498 people leave the room.
MARIO says to himself, ‘ I do not speak one word of Serbo - Croat but
what do I have to lose?’ So he stays and finds himself with one other
candidate.
Everyone else has gone.
Bill Gates joined them and said ‘Apparently you are the only two
candidates who speak Serbo - Croat, so I’d now like to hear you have a
conversation together in that language.’
Calmly, Mario turns to the other candidate and says `Ano ba yan, dong?’ (What is that, man?)
The other candidate answers ‘Ewan ko nga, pare.’ (I don’t know, buddy.)
