One man didn’t come to work.
Inside YongHo’s head, the scene kept repeating. It was a man who he didn’t know before. It was a man who he met for the first time. The only common thing between them that they were colleagues in the same company.
Dave carefully spoke to YongHo, who was down. YongHo gave a forced smile as he was thankful for Dave’s thoughts.
The server construction proceeded smoothly, and after passing most of it over to Na DaeBang, Dave & co left Korea.
Regret.
‘Why go to a company?’ – such a regret enveloped YongHo.
And so he focused.
He heard about the man from time to time.
And rejected.
-We’re sorry but we need to live too so please understand us.
Every single person in the company expected for him to lose.
He couldn’t help it since there was not a single good news about him. If he lived well after that, then it might have been easy to forget. He couldn’t do that so YongHo put himself through more work.
Burnout syndrome.
“Mr. YongHo.”
“Is there something nowadays?”
YongHo’s tone of voice was stiff. Vexation was all over his face due to the uncomfortableness and the fatigue of both his body and mind.
Jeong DanBi was saying this because of worry. However, YongHo was only displeased to hear that.
The amount of codes that YongHo committed had dropped considerably.
Jeong DanBi accepted the test paper that Jeong JinYong gave her thinking it was the last struggle.
However, that spark of hope was dying down.
“From what I know, the company is treating him as he deserves but why……”
The reason for the burnout syndrome flowed out from YongHo’s mouth. Jeong DanBi’s expression was full of confusion when she heard YongHo’s hostility-filled words. Nobody could speak at that moment.
“Sorry for asking you a difficult question.”
“Th, then you can always be useful. Your ability is not going anywhere, and, didn’t you do well until now?”
YongHo laughed bitterly.
And so, until now, YongHo acted considering that the bug may disappear all of a sudden.
“Team leader… I promise you the position of a team leader. If we achieve the sales of 100 billion, I will leave the company and start a company together with head researcher Son. I want you to be the team leader in that company.”
“The CTO will be head researcher Son. So please help me a little more.”
He had that much trust in Son SeokHo. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the entire reason for his nodding was due to Son SeokHo joining her as the CTO.
Perhaps thinking that just talking with YongHo wasn’t good enough, Jeong DanBi looked for Son SeokHo.
“It will be a lot of help to him just by knowing that someone is watching over him.”
“He worked like a madman and now he’s sitting there powerless……”
“It’s a growth pain that everyone goes through. It usually comes in about 2 or 3 years after working… but in YongHo’s case, it came slightly early.”
His care for YongHo flowed out subconsciously.
No matter what happens, time flows.
When company workers officially don’t have to go to work. While YongHo was lying down due to the powerlessness, the time for the study was approaching.
His family moved to Nonhyun-dong from Gaepo-dong. He would arrive at Gangnam station if he walked for 20 minutes. It would take him 10 minutes if he took the bus.
And he wrote word by word.
Lee YongHo : I think I won’t be able to participate today due to being sick.
Due to powerlessness, his body felt like a sponge dipped in water. When he sent the message on the group talk replies started popping up quickly.
Choi HyeJin consoled him with words filled with worry. However there also was a person who wasn’t like that.
Sup’s : But isn’t it Mr. Lee YongHo’s turn today? If I remember correctly, it was about hashing(A type of algorithm)
Study Leader : That’s true. Today’s Mr. YongHo’s presentation day… Now… what do we do today…
YongHo also had forgotten.
He wasn’t even doing his work properly. There was no way he could remember what he did in the study.
Lee YongHo : I’m really sorry…
Study Leader : Oh, well. If you’re sick… There’s no helping it.
Sup’s : Why don’t we set some rules? Let’s ban someone if he/she doesn’t come for a few times. How is it?
Jeong JinSup’s messages kept touching YongHo’s nerves. His anger started welling up while lying down.
Sup’s : Well, the presenter is away so why don’t we just gather for some fun today? It’s been quite a while since the study started and it’s not bad to get to know each other better.
Sup’s : Let’s do that. Looking at the time, everyone must have left their homes by now. If Mr. YongHo told me yesterday, I would’ve prepared it myself, but too bad.
There was less than 20 minutes till the study started. The other people had all left their houses.
YongHo, who was looking at those messages forcefully stood himself up. It was clearly his fault. He had no excuses.
When he arrived, it was him who arrived first. Everyone was a little late.
“I was sick so I couldn’t prepare a PPT specially, so can I explain hashing while coding?”
At YongHo’s energy, the study leader said with a dazed face.
Explanations ended in about 30 minutes.
And a little bit of resting time.
Choi HyeJin took this chance to ask YongHo.
The story about Yu JaeMan was also spread here. The topic of him having to cut off one of his lungs due to over exhaustion was too stimulating so internet media all dished out articles.
“They do give you a lot of work…”
“Whoa, it’s really no joke.”
“That’s why developers need to to put in effort in self development. They don’t develop themselves so they always collapse after nights of overtime work.”
YongHo’s lips twitched.
“You say ‘Yes’ ‘I will do my best’ since you don’t have any ability. It’s not that ‘you have to do your best’ but ‘you have to do well’. In that point, Miss SuMin or Miss HyeJin is doing well. Considering that they don’t even play on the weekend and come to the study. If you miss due to the excuse of ‘being sick’ or ‘work’, you will be in big trouble later.”
YongHo’s hand twitched. Jeong JinSup’s words became a spear and a hammer and smashed the membrane that covered YongHo.
“I looked at the news and they said it was due to working overtime a lot due to the launching of the S Mall……”
Scrape.
“Wh, what is it?”
Fortunately, Choi HyeJin, on YongHo’s side, pulled YongHo’s arm, so the situation didn’t explode.
While bringing cold wind, YongHo stood up from his seat. The membrane of powerlessness that enveloped YongHo tightly was also punctured.