I opened and shut my mouth. If the figures they’d discussed were real, then my billables would come out to a fraction of what I’d get if they got their way and absorbed CF. I reminded myself that I’d been ready to leave, forgo all the money, just a moment before. But against that: the sense of how much I’d regret it if I took this deal, helped Fidelity Computing recapture its tearaway competitors, and picked up a mere $1,500, while 5 or 10 times as much could have been mine.
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