wagie to whale (a true story, probably)
>be fresco
>alarm goes off at 6:00am
>already awake. already grinning
>94 minute commute, standing, grinning
>boss leans over the cubicle: "quick sync?"
>sync lasts three hours
>it could have been an email
>lunch is the last cracker in the vending machine
>pepe from accounting peeks over the wall
>"ever heard of solana, fresco?"
>do not let the smile slip
>open phantom under the desk during the all-hands
>ape the cracker money
>chart goes up
>chart goes up again
>quarterly review. boss asks why i'm smiling
>i'm always smiling. this time it's real
>step into the elevator, press PH
>it lights up
the grin was never fake. it was just early.
