Oh, I almost forgot: it's thanks to you that I was able to get in touch with her! She heard about me because many of you recommended the nostr:nprofile1qqsy67zzq5tc9cxnl6crf52s4hptdwhyaca5j7r8jwll535tdadedvcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0d2k0v0 account to her. I am very honored and, precisely to pay tribute to you to the end, I remained very serious. I wanted to live up to your expectations, from start to finish.

So, back to my story. She told me that everything was OK, that I should take care of the X account linked to their website (which is very nice, by the way) and that my role would be to do exactly what I do for Flash, but for them. I figured that since I was already spending eight hours a day monitoring the news, I might as well kill two birds with one stone: I'd take care of Flash and, at the same time, fulfill my role for this new contract. What's more, the topics were mainly focused on finance and cybersecurity, so any other relevant information that didn't fall within their area of expertise would have been useful for Flash.

In short, once the discussion was well underway, she told me that we would do a 1-2 day trial. I thought that was normal, and she reassured me that I would be paid, so everything was fine. I started talking about it to a close friend, explaining that I was on the verge of silencing those who had mocked me at the beginning of Flash, that I might be able to make a living from my passion. My friend was happy for me, and I needed to express this happiness; I couldn't keep it to myself.

So I wait patiently for her to get back to me, and one day I receive a message. The woman who wanted to hire me sends me her Signal ID. She asks that we switch the conversation to that platform. I ask her why, and she replies that it's for confidentiality reasons. I ask her if we can switch to something else, because I used my personal number to register on Signal and I reserve this app for my friends and family whom I have managed to convince to use it (my goal is to permanently switch from WhatsApp). So I politely let her know that Signal won't work, but that I'm willing to download any other app to continue our discussions, and then nothing... no more sounds or images. Total silence. I respectfully follow up once or twice, but she doesn't even read my messages anymore...

So, I understand for myself that it's over.

This person is well known on Nostr, and will certainly read this message, but please know that I don't hold it against them at all. What God has destined for me, nothing and no one can take away from me, except with God's permission. I take this experience with wisdom.

And if I have decided to tell you about it, it is not to make a drama or to criticize anyone. Far from it. It is rather to preserve the transparency that I have imposed on myself from the beginning, whether in terms of numbers or on the human side.

Several weeks passed before I told you about it. I wanted to be sure it was really over.

Anyway, I was already picturing myself handing in my resignation and saying goodbye to my coworkers. But I have to go now, my boss is calling me on Teams, and I have to put on my sweetest voice before answering: (Ahem) Hi boss, how are you? 😒

Seriously, I've already forgotten about it, I'm moving on.