Kelsey Hightower
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
This is insane.
I'm thinking 90 and you're doing the, you know, retirement calculations.
We can buy a house.
You're thinking of all of these things that you could do.
And so I'm on the way back to the job and I remembered and they were like, then when can you start?
It's like Thursday.
I'm telling them we can start Monday.
Like a two week notice.
I'm like, I don't know, man.
Like,
it's double for this i have to so i remember what i called joe and joe's based in san antonio where the headquarters of rec space was i was like hey joe man hey man i gotta i gotta i gotta quit he's like what man you just you know what i'm saying you're doing so well on the team how you gonna quit on me i made a bet on you no i said hey joe calm down bro they pay 90k he's like what are they hiring
And so I got to that company, Total Systems T-SYS.
And it did feel a bit slow.
They had run books, changed windows.
Everything was regulated.
This is a financial institution.
We're processing credit card payments.
We're doing work for the government.
We're doing all of these things.
And I remember the team was just, everybody just moving at this pace.