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Buzzwordy's been through many tough assignments in his career, however, he still wasn't absolutely convinced that he was a bona fide business geek who had earned his battle scars. Reporting to Xavia could be painful at times, however, Buzzwordy found his boss borderline reasonable in many ways. They used to argue like dogs in the parking lot, and either one of them would end up storming off to cool his heel. The strange thing was that they would always get back together to tactically resolve their differences.
Buzzwordy could clearly remember the time when Xavia jumped on his case when a customer kept the products and refused to pay the company. It took him many weeks to dig into the legal aspect of the case and found a loophole in the design sign-off form that helped bring Buzzwordy's company back to the top. Xavia was elated since collecting the payment from this company really helped close their fiscal year revenue gap. He even invited Buzzwordy to a snazzy coffee house for a small cup of latte. Buzzwordy vividly recalled Xavia shouting at him when he was in the line not to order any brownie or cofffee cake because Bif (their fearless CEO) wouldn't approve the expense.
It felt refreshing to come back to the company after a good night sleep. Buzzwordy was ready to take on his new assignment both mentally and physically as he proudly walked into his office.
"Buzzwordy, Bif wants you to be the panel moderator at this new technology conference. You know that we are looking into this new technology called SMART GRID. Why don't you contact this person here to figure out all the details?" greeted Xavia as he handed a business card over to Buzzwordy.
"Xavia, what is with SMART GRID these days? All the utility companies are jumping onto the wagon here because they are finding out that there could be a more intelligent way to make money. I tend to agree that putting intelligence into the grid and facilitating bilateral communications between the utility company and its subscribers will help the ecosystem become richer as well as fostering a tighter relationship between the supplier and the users. Also, ..." responded Buzzwordy before Xavia cut him off.
"Great Buzzwordy, please drive this project! You know the drill." grinned Xavia before dashing over to another meeting.
Buzzwordy began to ponder about the technologies that would be the best fit for SMART GRID. He thought about POWERLINE, WLAN, WiMAX, POE, and all the other potential communication protocols before his brain began to explode.
"Never mind, I will figure everything out myself!" quipped Buzzwordy.
Undoubtedly, Day Twenty would be a fun-filled day for Buzzwordy to take charge of his new assignment.
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