Mastering Information Technology

Getting a good second-hand laptop was rather easy in the ghetto if you knew whom to look for.

He might be lacking money, but he wanted the best with the little he had.

His mother was also working and he could thicken his skin and use her money till Daniel transferred the cash.

His mother might have an anxiety disorder, but she was the smartest woman he had ever seen.

He was sure there was more to her than what he knew, but whenever he brought it up, she would have panic attacks so severe that they would both have to stay in for the following 24 hours.

He did not know what she had gone through to have developed such a condition, but he did his best to assure her.

She would normally stick to him at these times till it got awkward.

She was hiding from something or someone, and now that he had the chance, he wanted to develop himself so that she could feel secure.

If he could not even protect her at that time, he would just swallow his tongue and die.

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Setting up his new equipment was easy.

It was just a laptop.

The programs needed were also installed at the dealer and everything was working fine.

At least it was acceptable.

He looked at the system store and scrolled through till he could see the information technology section.

There were dozens of interesting technologies in this section that would make anyone drool.

He was indeed tempted by them but knowing the system, if he got too greedy, he might just lose his life.

These things cost so much that he did not even know what currency it was using.

Universe-level spaceship technology cost 100-star cores.

What the fuck were star cores.

If he greedily went for it and the system gave him a year to earn it or pay for it, who would he go to cry to?

If he died, he was sure his mother would follow him.

That was the most frightening.

He scrolled to the end of the section to see Level 10 Information Technology.

Although it was a staggering amount, he was sure he could earn it.

He did not want to give the system a chance to bite him but he had no choice.

If he could not achieve anything with this knowledge after a year, he was better off committing suicide.

After the purchase, a stream of information flooded his brain.

It was as though it was carved on it and he could not forget it even if he wanted to.

The things he found to be rocket science started looking like basic additions to him.

The stuff he had been struggling with made him not know whether to laugh or cry.

Was he always that stupid?

He now knew every aspect of computation.

Be it hardware or software.

He could even tell how the laptop in front of him was made.

If given enough resources, he was certain he could upgrade it to an unbelievable level.

The knowledge he received was too much for him to digest.

Though it was not as overwhelming as the language package, he still felt that it was too high level.

There was even information on technologies found in other civilizations and planets.

If was able to create these things on this planet, he could be the richest man on the planet.

Outer space exploration would also be possible after a few years of research.

But all that had to wait.

Right now, he had to finish his project and get his mother a better place to stay.

Making sure that everything was ready, Roy started typing away.

He used simple C language to define functions and operations were directly written in Binary.

Yes, it made his code easy to copy and pirate, but he was only planning to sell it to Daniel.

It was his problem if the program was kept safe.

He could make it impenetrable, but with his new knowledge, this product seemed rather redundant.

It was so basic in his eyes that he started despising it.

It was his first product anyway, so as long as it had no problems performing its intended task, the other things could be added later.

He was also sure that Daniel would go to study it further.

The simplicity of it would help him figure it out and to make sure that he was thoroughly impressed, he used his new knowledge to optimize every aspect of the program.

It did not matter what generation of computer was used.

As long as it could work with C language, it would run this program without a problem.

As for how much work it could do, that depended on the machine it would use.

If they made a server farm for it, the program would be able to optimize millions of chip programs per day.

He also made it have a debugging feature that could identify problems in the original code and suggest changes.

This was bait for Daniel.

He was sure to come looking for him for more work in the future and he could be a very good connection to the government.

If he were to decide to major in the tech field, he could ask for a favor or two in exchange for his work.

With all the knowledge in his head, he had tons of stuff that would interest the government.

If he wanted to sell any of them to the government, he would be the richest man in the country in an instant.

But he was not going to do that.

If he overdid it, he might find himself on a cliff with a bullet in his head.

He did not want to bet on his and his mother's safety.

By the time his mother got home, Roy was putting the final touches on the program.

He would give Daniel a product worth more than the pay, but he did not regret it.

It was just an overpowered translator.

He could give it up for better connections in the future.