About that time, a temp programming job opened up and I grabbed it, leaving the Lozenge Corporation. A temp programming job usually pays 150% of programmer pay. However, the customer needs an unusual skill set and I get the same Project Manager pay that I had, back at the Lozenge Corporation.
Actually, I am doing Project Manager work for my new company.
My new project is in support of seismic imaging. Seismic imaging is used to map the underground, below a selected surface area. A major use of seismic imaging is to search for oil.
A device causes vibrations on the surface and echos come back and the echos reflect what is far below the surface.
My company processes the echo data and tells oil drillers where to drill. The processed data is very valuable and is shared with no one, Well that is no one but the guys who process the data.
I know a bit about where there is oil and who might profit. I work out each night, out in the field, and then I hit the bars. The guys whooping it up are the ones finding oil.
I speculate in oil futures and I make a ton.
Oh yeah, there are ladies who service the oil drillers and who is renting the top ladies is who is finding oil.
The oil roughnecks do hard labor, usually twelve hours a day. The guys are strong and they don't need no wimps.
In order to track the good oil rigs, I need to hang out in roughneck bars. In order to hang out in roughneck bars I have to be in shape and not get pushed around.
I work out seven days a week, after work and even on weekends. I am in shape and I don't get pushed around. I also get some idea of how a roughneck lives. I can make my own space and yet not get into a fight. I can handle a drunk and not really get into a fight. I can use Shuai Jiao, Kung Fu wresting, to immobilize an opponent, without things seemingly getting into a visible fight. Recognizing the clues will stand me in good stead, later on.
My field work is in a company trailer. I maintain the computer programs that process the seismic data. The work changes as new things are learned by the drillers.
I work hard and earn my pay. I work smart and earn big profits from oil speculation.
Finally, I find a driller who is above a major oil find, but has run out of money.
I provide the money to finish the drilling and a $3 stock goes to $53! I have used option calls and leverage to the max and, even after taxes, I find myself a multi millionaire.
I then manage the sale of the new oil find to a major oil company and double my already multi millions.
Life is good.
Well, there are some problems.
The roughnecks who actually work the oil rigs need a bit of entertainment. A nice cool beer or a glass of whiskey are one form of entertainment. Another form of entertainment is girls, who sell themselves.
Okay, I am single and I don't find a lot of interesting women in the oil patch.
There is an establishment, not too far from where I'm staying, where I can rent a girl who is for rent.