Code and Crown
Language: en
My boss sent me to a weeklong advanced engineering seminar at a tier-one tech giant on the company dime. On my bike ride back to the office, my phone buzzed with an automated notice informing me that I had been terminated. I had to laugh. Sending an engineer for high-level technical training only to fire her the moment she finishes? It was essentially using company funds to upgrade my personal skill set. Capitalists are notoriously unpredictable, and I had no desire to waste energy deciphering his thought process. The only reasonable response was to book a first-class ticket down to the…