I Googled my own industry.

The title made it harder to ask.

I gave myself a C.

I would've given anyone else a B.

I had already ruled them out.

Every reason sounded fine to me.

I thought it was the wrong move.

It turned into thirteen years.

I almost went back.

They said I was too much.

So I spent years fixing it.

I wrote the second check anyway.

I Built a Network of Strangers

I was chasing their scorecard.

My two worlds collided.