Birthday Man

By R. Richard

I look around and I see, a sweater queen type girl moving into me. She has a pair of 38s, but no visible gun.
The new lady asks me, “I’m Joanne, can we talk privately?”
Well, the lady already has a glass of wine and we move to a corner table.
The lady then tells me, “I’m a recruiter for a new company that will be moving into the area. SuperScience is in bad shape financially and will soon be laying off employees.”
I laugh, “I wrote a signal processor routine, some time back, on my own time, and I paid for the computer time, that I used. One of the SuperScience Project Managers tried to use my signal processor routine, without paying my rental fee. The government caught on and SuperScience is now in big trouble. Even if a girl has a big bust, she still has to pay the cash fee for software rental.”
Joanne says, “Yes, Lanny at SuperScience is good at hiring big bust female Project Managers, but he’s not so good at paying for software and other services.”
I respond, “Well. you have to understand that some of the computer programming wretches actually expect to get paid for their work.”
Joanne says, “I need to know if Lanny at SuperScience hired any good programmers.”
I respond, “Well. I don’t know all of the computer programmers at SuperScience, but I do know a few of the good ones.”
Joanne says, “I need a few of the good ones.”
I say, “It’s not that simple. Bob is a very good programmer, but he expects the programmers who work with him to be only the very best senior programmers. Bob does not play well with others.”
I say, “Ram is a very good programmer, with a good math background, but his speech is difficult to understand.”
I say, “Len is a good programmer, if a bit less than the first two. Len does lack a bit of confidence.”
Joanne says, “The three that you name would be good hires for my company?”
I lecture, “If you intend to pick up SuperScience contracts, then you would need a project by project assessment of the programmers and support people involved. It’s not a matter of a simple, single numerical rating. The inability to rate the people doing the work assigned is just one of the failings of Lanny’s sweater queens.”
Joanne’s eyes narrow, “How would you rate the programmers?”
I lecture, “If a project requires heavy math analysis, then a good math background is a good immediate plus, else if a project doesn’t require heavy math analysis, then a good math background is not that much of a good immediate plus, but still useful, long terrn.
There are programmers who can do the job but don’t. They dither and fuss, trying for perfection, but failing to deliver software, on schedule.
There are programmers who can do the job but maybe don’t work well with others. They can be a strength, working with other senior programmers, but a weakness if they have to work with junior programmers.
There are programmers who are specialists in military computer aps.
Before I can rate a programmer, I need to know what a programmer can do and what the programmer is going to be assigned to do.”
Joanne asks, “Just programmers?”
I lecture, “There are computer programmers and a whole support crew. The support crew is not as important as the computer programmers, but it’s a team. The team needs to work together.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: R. Richard
• Release date: Jul 10, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005405458

R. Richard

I'm the co-author, with Sunset Thomas, of Anatomy of An Adult Film.I have 48 novels and over 299 short stories currently published.I spent my early years in the part of Los Angeles known as the South Central. I was known as Whi' Boy, which was sufficient to identify me in that place. I'm a skilled Kung Fu player, using a system that I learned from a Korean I knew only as 'Pak.' It would be easier to tell you the places that Pak wasn't wanted by the police, rather than the places where he was wanted by the police. Pak's Kung Fu system, augmented by some bits and pieces from some Chinese practitioners is quick and effective, or I wouldn't be alive today.My early education was mostly obtained by stealing books from the public library (I always returned them and the Librarian even began to provide me with reading lists.) I did go to high schools, but I never really learned anything there. I eventually graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, with a degree in mathematics.I work as a Systems Analyst and also make a part of my living as a professional gambler (legal in Nevada.) I write science fiction and erotica. My published novels are:Anatomy of An Adult Film (With Sunset Thomas)1. Second Chance: God Killer2. Second Chance: Sky Pirate3. Second Chance: Scroll Seeker4. Second Chance: King of The Islands5. Second Chance: King of Zaya6. Second Chance: Duke of Averon7. Second Chance: King of Golomon8. Second Chance: King Of The Sky9. Second Chance: Warlord of Ifrequeh10. Second Chance: King of Ariby11. Second Chance: King of Mesodania12. Second Chance: King of Avuls13. Second Chance: King of Kemet14. Second Chance: King of Zorran15. Second Chance: King of Two Worlds16. Second Chance: King of Averon17. Second Chance: King's Duties18. Second Chance: King of The New WorldAdventurer: Simulation ProblemAdventurer: Pannar ProblemA Programmer's GambitAmateur StripperBeach MurdersBondage HouseCorporate Sex SlavesFriday NightGo Naked In The SoftwareGrasshopper WinterInvoluntary NudeLayoffNot A HeroPirates of The KeysSummer of SexThe LakeThe Last Moon DanceThe Nude Adventures of Plain JaneThe Secret Life of Wanda WilsonTails of the Pussycat LoungeTo Keep A JobTopless RestaurantToy WhoresVix: The MarineWayward BoyShort Stories:A Christmas Visit

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Birthday Man

By R. Richard © 2022

As I socially must, after work I walk into Danny’s Pub. As I expected, I immediately get Denny in my face.

Denny sneers, Well, if it isn’t the hermit.

I reply in kind, Well, if it isn’t the unemployed boy.

Denny recovers quickly, Well, I got something going, gonna have a business of my own, insteada working for slave wages, like you do.

I reply, That should work out well, if you get to work at eight in the morning and work through to five in the afternoon. Trying to slide into work at ten in the morning is what got you unemployed.

Denny sneers, Gonna work nights, not show up at wage slave hours, like you do.

I reply, That should work out well, if you get to work, when work starts, and work through until the night’s work gets done. You might think that you work for yourself. However, you actually work for your customers.

Denny sneers, Least I don’t hafta work for Lenny no more.

I lecture, Lenny isn’t the easiest guy in the world to work for, but the paychecks come really regular.

(The waitress comes with my ‘free birthday beer.’ I tip her a dollar, she has a living to earn.)

Denny sneers, You aint gonna get rich, just workin’ for wages.

I reply, "True, but in the meantime, the wages got me an in with the cashier at the supermarket, the gas station guy, the cleaners, the landlord, people