Happy Zero

What is wrong with THE HAPPY ZERo's Todd Bomly? A software engineer at Numerus Foundry, he impulsively quits his job. His boss, the deadlines are insufferable. But how will Todd pay the mortgage or the child support for son S ren? No problem. He finagles the credit union for a forty-thousand home equity loan, claiming freelance work for his ex-father-in-law covers it. After some other personal setbacks: car damage, romantic interest damage; Todd decides to drive his repaired car out to Central Oregon, camp, and "e;find himself."e;A week later, Todd drives back to Portland and discovers crazy-high gas prices. He learns, via a televised press conference held in front of his old employer, Numerus, that a bug in oil field sounding software was discovered and too late. Oil fields are running dry everywhere. Todd knows he'll be scapegoated: He wrote the buggy code. But no. Soon a contingent from the CIA arrives at his doorstep. They escort him back to DC for his expertise and to meet in the Oval Office with President Lamar Alexander. Read THE HAPPY ZER and find out what happens with a single error by one code jock, Todd Bomly.