Quiet thoughts

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Debt, economic decline, immigration; hippies, anti-government, freedom.
At the end of the 1980s, a wave of change encompassed a country boy from the Rust Belt.
As the gate for upward mobility was on the verge of closing, he struggled to move forward.
College, Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship; HP, Apple, Microsoft.
To become part of the 1%, or even 0.1%, he sacrificed a lot, but also gained a lot.
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American History 1988

232 Santa Margarita Avenue, Menlo Park, California, in front of a two-story modern-style building, Dean, Marcus, and David were standing on the lawn downstairs with their hands on their hips.


"So this is the headquarters of Byte Software Company, right?" Marcus was very satisfied with this location, which was exactly like the startup base he had envisioned.


"Look at this, a 190-square-meter villa, I dare say we have the highest starting point for an office among startup companies." The lawn, the white fence, and the lush tropical Acacia Cassia trees, in Dean's view, were even better than their dormitory environment.


Seeing the extravagant displays of the two, David just shrugged his shoulders and silently walked to the garage in front of the house. "Dean, did the landlord leave the keys?"


"Of course," pulling out the keys from his pocket, Dean opened the garage tucked away in the corner of the villa. "Guys, this is going to be the office of Byte Software Company from now on!"


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