Today, I had coffee with Sima, the young woman who recruited me to work at
Company 2. Actually I had a coke, I thought that was somehow less childish
than ordering a hot chocolate (I don't do coffee). I retrospect, I don't
think so. There was someone else there, also from the company that recruited
me. They were asking me how things were, and pumping me for information,
trying to gauge if there would be new positions opening up there. I think
Company 2 is a bit like the Golden Goose for them. They told me that the
folks I'm working for at Company 2 have been happy with the work that I've
been doing. This always surprises me, because I don't think I actually work
very hard. When I was in the kindergarten and the teacher would say
“All right, time to clean up”, while all the other kids were busy
putting things away, I was busy looking like I was putting things away.
I think fundamentally that unaltered strategy guides me to this day.