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Working from home as a contractor on a team of two making a conditional access system from scratch. No bullshit, no politics. Just code and happy customers. I wrote complex software all by myself which worked nearly perfect and continues to serve hundreds of thousands (probably more now) of digital cable subscribers. My friend/co-worker/architect did a great job with his stuff and mediated the boss's crazy whims.

I'm still owed $14k for my work, which I'll probably never see, but I'm proud of the work I did. It gave me something to talk about in interviews and probably made me more money than I'm owed.