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was as important to me as my daughter.

Making ends meet was a challenge. My

wife did everything she could to stretch our

income, and I was able to pick up some contract

work programming for a government

contractor. I worked from home, on the most

part, only having to meet with the rest of the

programming team one day every other month.

But the work wasn’t steady, and we were

constantly concerned whether we could pay our

bills.

Then came an unexpected opportunity. It

was the time of the dot-com boom, and many

people in Information Technology were making

millions. My skills put me in a wonderful

position to take full advantage of the new

Internet era. An up-and-coming company

offered me a lucrative job with huge benefits.

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