You can’t do that, she told me. Cindy was a VP in the Marketing department. I was on my way to see the CEO of HBO. I was a “junior analyst programmer” in the IT department. A very exciting job. I made $40,700 per year. It was 1995. I lived on a foam futon and shared a room with a chess hustler from Washington Square Park. The toilet only worked randomly. I had one suit, which I kept in a garbage bag next to my futon and took it out every morning. I was very popular with the ladies. She said, You can’t just walk into his office! . . . . #lifestyle #permission #cantdothat #writing …see more