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A Future We'd Like to See 1.65 - Memoria
By Stefan "Twoflower" Gagne (Copyright 1994)

"So you graduated high school?" he asked, eyeing my single-
sheet resume with big fonts.

"Yes sir. C average," I nodded. He didn't approve of me,
man, I just KNEW it; maybe it was the threads. I tried to wear
my classiest outfit. I had the jacket, my rare STOMACH CONTENTS
WORLD TOUR shirt and the jeans with no holes over the knees.
Class all the way, but he wasn't buying it.

"What makes you think you'd be a good addition to my
research team, Mr. Lopwagen?" the old fogey asked.

"I crack good," I said. "I only got a few skills, I know
sir, those being flipping burgers, watching movies, and cracking
code. I saw your ad for talented reverse-engineering
programmers, and I figured it was the same thing as cracking."

"Boy, right now I have the best money can buy working on
this project," he said. "Why should I employ some teenager
scraped off the net on the basis of this resume alone? May I add
that you misspelled resume on it."

"Sir, really, just give me a chance," I begged. "I'm
through with the fast food scene. It ain't part of the PLAN, you
see, the plan to get me some edu and top the charts like Willy
Boy Doors. I think I can get whatever it is you need done, all I
want is a college recommendation in return. I don't even need
any money, just that signature on my 'app to get in and get my
ass up the ladder, you know?"

"Aspiring," he said, nodding slowly. "I like that.
However, I have no reason to believe that you have what I
require."

"Lemme get a shot at the program you need hacked to bits.
If I can't do jack with it, I'll go off and head back to
McSpackle's. If I can, hire me. Man, it's that simple, nothin'
to it. You can't lose jack. Sir."

"I can lose time. Time is very, very valuable to a man my
age," he said, carefully pulling himself out of his antique
chair, propped up by a silver cane. "My time is worth a lot to
me. I'll let you do your little test, but realize that I would
not do this for just anybody."

"Yes sir. You won't regret it, sir."