I haven't taken a day off in ten years. I was still fixing bugs at three in the morning. On my birthday, I was called into the conference room by HR——
"Those over the age of 35 are considered consumables. This is an industry rule."
Rules?
He looked at the dazzling "N" on the compensation agreement and thought of the core system he wrote that supported the company's market value of tens of billions. He thought of his daughter's drawing of "Dad is Superman" at his workstation. He thought of his wife saying last night that "the mortgage loan is almost gone."
Okay, let's play with the rules.
