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My Son Told Me I Was Too Old to Attend His Company Gala—Then the CEO Called Me to the Stage

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it. Investors were pulling back. The whole thing was days from dying.

I was fifty-one then, recently laid off after thirty years in software systems. I looked over their code, their architecture, and their security problems. I spent three nights at my dining room table with coffee, yellow legal pads, and Thomas bringing me toast at midnight.

I rewrote continue reading …

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