Letters From The Wasteland

Letters From The Wasteland

Five Long Years Later

The country began its COVID shutdown, and nothing has been the same since.

Thad Zajac
Mar 14, 2025
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Five years ago I was making good money, loved my work, and was riding high for pulling off a major software interface revision under a very tight deadline for my largest client.

Five years ago the aerospace engineer I worked closest with at that client was sitting behind me to my left in a big lecture hall when the sports shutdowns all began on March 12…

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