Episode 27: Cancer, taking on risk, faith, raising daughters, and ... getting paid

Right before Christmas 2019, when I was kinda struggling big-time with income and employment context, I had this interview to be an apartment complex manager about 2-3 miles from my house. Interview was standard generic BS, with no real questions of relevance or to prove competency at a job, and it lasted maybe 20 minutes. As I was exiting, the couch outside was all beautiful young women. I instantly thought to myself, “Well, I’ll never get this job.” It was maybe noon. I decided, probably unwisely, to go to this bar near my apartment and have a sandwich and a couple of beers.

While there, I had a phone conversation with Fritz. He is a QA and automated tester in the St. Louis area. We met on social platforms. I think LinkedIn was first. I have a lot of problems with social and connectivity, for sure -- there are many flaws to social media -- but meeting people like Fritz is positive. So, we eventually did this podcast conversation and talked about cancer, risk, faith, raising daughters, and working for yourself. Actually, the whole conversation starts by talking about how people don’t pay you on time. Let’s get going.