Wait a minute … was a really pulling up to an IBM office? Hold on! I’m just a redneck kid from a small town, with no work experience and I’m interviewing at IBM?
I wandered inside not knowing what to expect. I’m sure if I wandered into the building today I’d probably see just an ordinary office building lobby. But to 1999 me it look liked like the wizards castle and I was Dorothy standing on the yellow brick road.
Security escorted me to an interview room and the interviewer was already seated. All in all I think the interview lasted about 20 minutes. I really don’t remember all that much about it. I was still pretty much shell-shocked. Then all of a sudden I heard
“I think you’ll be good fit… Can you start Monday?”
“Start what?” I croaked.
“Didn’t anyone tell you what you’d be doing?” He asked.
“Not really”
Well my fantasy of wearing a blue suit or a grey suit to work everyday; cobbling together some earth shattering technological breakthrough that would make me a household name … were not to be.
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