Coder Lee Yongho Chapter 38

If anyone saw her smiling right now then s/he couldn’t help but falling in love.

The woman was reading YongHo’s message while laughing. She was using a place that was 15 pyung(≈50m2) alone. The neat interior gave a good impression.

The woman knew that YongHo’s English message at a glance. Perhaps she felt sincerity from the clumsy writing, a smile never left her lips while she was checking the code.

After scrolling the mouse to the bottom of the page, the woman typed fast on the keyboard.

The woman seemed to have fun as she never left her seat for hours.

One place finally contacted him. When he looked it up on the internet, it was an IT company. After tens of times of failing at the résumé stage and getting the door slammed in front of his face, he could finally step into the interview stage.

The president who did the interview kept murmuring YongHo’s name. Then he stared at the laptop on his desk. YongHo who didn’t know anything, could only stay sitting, silent.

YongHo answered loudly as he thought the president was calling him.

“You said you were in Mirae IT, right?”

“Things have turned ugly this time.”

The president stopped interviewing and went deep in thought. He spoke after a few minutes has passed.

“……”

20million won(≈17,000 USD) salary per year.

“We are taking a big risk by hiring you. You, I heard you made a big mistake in Mirae IT……”

“I never made a mistake in Mirae IT though?”

From the president’s implicit words, YongHo instinctively knew that something was wrong with his personal history. Even just now, he felt that his name was not called but thought up from the president’s memory.

“Why are you asking me? Ask Mirae.”

“You may not be able to work in this field if not for us.”

“Then… Can I contact you after considering it a bit?”

YongHo first said ok and he stood up. It was a difficult opportunity. The fact that his salary was only 20 million bothered him a bit but he couldn’t let this opportunity go.
And he had to check one thing.

After the interview YongHo made a call.

If it was him, YongHo thought that he would be able to tell him about the ‘mistake’ that the president mentioned.

“Manager.”

“Have you been well?”

“If I knew beforehand……”

“I’m sorry.”

“You don’t have to be like that. I forgot all about it.”

“Yeah, here, have a glass.”

YongHo who thought that they drank enough alcohol to talk so he started talking.

“A mistake? You were known for being great at work, what mistake?”

An ByungHoon stopped his hand for a moment. And he emptied the alcohol into his mouth. He frowned perhaps because the alcohol was bitter. The word ‘mistake’ made him realize what kind of situation YongHo was in.

Blacklist.

A person who was recorded in the blacklist had a hard time find a footing in the SI industry. This was because most companies would exclude him/her while hiring their employees.

“Blacklist?”

“Why is my name in there……”

It was like a bolt from blue. He never imagined that the results for his hard work was for his name to be recorded in the blacklist.

“YongHo……”

“I don’t have anything against you. You did enough for me.”

“Anyway, who would have recorded my name in there?”

“Only a PM level person or above can tamper the information on the blacklist. I can only tell you until this point.”

YongHo didn’t speak anymore about the blacklist or the company. Only, the speed at which YongHo drank alcohol, became faster.

When he came back home, the lights were out. Because the TV was usually always on at this time, YongHo found it strange.

There was no response.

When he opened the door to the main bedroom, his mother was sitting there on top of some newspaper. A pair of scissors were held in one hand and strands of white colored hair could be seen  here and there on the grey newspaper.

“Can’t you see? I’m cutting my hair.”

“Why are you cutting your hair at home?”

“……”

“I will give you the money so go to the barber’s.”

20000 won.

“You don’t even have a job, where would you get money… Go sleep.”

YongHo couldn’t say anything.

He only resolved, and resolved again.

Going to stack overfly became an important part of his life. The once a week to once in three days became many hours per day now.

Looking at his profile, his worries seem to have lifted a bit.

It was the number of replies YongHo made.

It was YongHo’s rank. His bottom ranking had grown a lot. He consoled himself with the fact that the time spent was not wasted.

“Huh? I think this person also messaged me a few days ago.”

danbi.jeong

“Koreans should help each other out.”

And he went into the details. A few information entered his eyes. The information which caught YongHo’s eye was the e-mail address.

“Shinseki? That’s a big company. And this person knows less than me.”

There was no other personal information so YongHo concentrated on the problem that the person sent.

YongHo didn’t dislike the feeling of being needed. He instead felt grateful. He felt that his his self-depreciation from the difficulties with employment was lifted slightly by being active in stack overfly.

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It was term that referred to the company that YongHo was about to go.

The client(gab) company would create a project and the contractor(eul) company would receive it. Then the contractor(eul) company would gather developers from escort agencies also known as outsourcing companies(byung).

As the bottom feeder, the treatment was poor as well.

That was what YongHo knew.

It was an escort agency where treatment was poor, but he decided after he heard that his name was in the blacklist.

Then improve his ability so that no one can look down on him again.

He would repay all the frustration he accumulated until now after improving his skills.
He knocked on the office door with that mind.

As soon as he entered the office, the president gave him the employment contract. YongHo couldn’t hide his frustration after he looked at the employment contract.

He knew already, but he couldn’t suppress his frustration when reality was in front of him.

Including severance pay.

“President, what do you mean by ‘including severance pay’?”

“It’s different from what I heard last time?”

“I didn’t hear it included the severance pay.”

That damn ‘newbie’.

Is it alright for a newbie to receive 20 million?

YongHo clenched his teeth and suppressed his anger. However he couldn’t control the amount of strength holding the pen.

One side of the paper, where the sign ended, had a hole on it.
However, the employment contract was done.

Chapter end