I’ve always been terrible at maths. I came to this country for university with no idea what I wanted to do. I just thought a change of scenery would do me good. In the end, what I discovered was that things here are about the same. Most notably, I’m still bad at maths. I failed algebra twice in the first year at uni, and got a D the third time. I then learned that I still had to get one more credit in mathematics if I wanted to graduate. I ended up taking this random course that taught semi-practical skills. I’m not talking about money-management or basic arithmetic. This was a unique way to look at the world, and not in just numbers. One thing our teacher went over was time management and scheduling. He showed us ways to graph and visualize projects to understand how to divide time, labor, and resources. I became fascinated with this after noticing that I was exceptional at it. This kind of “maths” just made perfect sense to me, and I remember being frustrated that my secondary education teachers never did anything like it with us. It’s so much more valuable than solving for x, or any such nonsense. I’m not just saying that because I happened to make a career out of these skills. My work in project management is a perfect example of the topic, but anyone and everyone could benefit from learning even a little bit of what I do. Actually, I could have used a little help with these latest projects. Making deadlines are always the most difficult part of my job, but for the first time ever, we had to cut corners. Did that have anything to do with our defective products? I can neither confirm nor deny that, but yes. Yes, we definitely did. I’m sorry.
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The Advancement of Mateo Matic
Now that the lineup has been irreversibly established, and their reliance upon the direction of any external force removed from the equation, Team Matic must decide for themselves what missions to take. As they approach the year that changes everything, they may find themselves on a long detour.
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My name is Nick Fisherman III. It's not my real name, but that's not because I'm trying to hide from my former agency, or something. I named myself after someone I've known for most of my life, and he chose it in honor of his late best friend. I took up writing when I found myself failing 8th grade science, and realized I might never reach my dream of becoming a biochemist, a meteorologist, and a quantum physicist. I started developing my canon after a scouting trip to an island inspired what I thought would be my first novel. I founded this website upon the advice of many people, who told me I needed to get my work out there, and not wait for an agent to accept my manuscript. You can expect one new story every day. Weekdays are for microstories, which are one or two paragraphs long. They're usually only thematically linked, so you won't have to read one to understand another, but they do sometimes tell a combined story. Sundays are for my continuous longer story, The Advancement of Mateo Matic, which I started in the beginning, and won't end until 2066. Saturdays are for long series, most of which take place in the same universe as Mateo, and add to the larger mythology.
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Microstory 422: Floor 21 (Part 1)
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