Bill Gates tweeted some advice for new college grads — here's what he had to say

Bill Gates used Twitter on Monday morning to offer some words of wisdom to the class of 2017.

Here's what he had to say.

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Like most good commencement speakers, he started with some levity.

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1/ New college grads often ask me for career advice. At the risk of sounding like this guy…https://t.co/C68mjJ5g44

But he made a quick pivot and shared an interesting piece of information: the field he would pursue if he were beginning his career in 2017.

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2/ AI, energy, and biosciences are promising fields where you can make a huge impact. It's what I would do if starting out today.

Gates, who dropped out of Harvard after his sophomore year, said there were several things he wished he had known when he left.