I moved with my family to Great Falls, Virginia in March of 1986. It was the end of my junior year of high school and I more or less vanished into the background until summer.

Still, I needed a job. By this time the family had had a PC for four years and my brothers and I were very familiar with its workings under the hood. One of my brother Jeff’s friends used to work at this computer store down Route 7 in Loudon County, Virginia and suggested I get a job there. I figured I would enjoy the work and maybe get some discounts on equipment.
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