In College Her Friends Mocked His Torn Clothes… 5 Years Later He Became a Millionaire—and Their Boss
Chapter 4
Graduation arrived.
Sophia received several job offers.
Daniel received one.
A junior developer position at a small software company.
The salary was modest.
He accepted.
He continued working on his software at night.
Six months later, his employer laid off half the staff.
Daniel was one of them.
He went home with a cardboard box containing a keyboard, two notebooks, and a coffee mug.
His mother looked at him.
“What happened?”
“I lost my job.”
She hugged him.
“You’ll find another.”
Daniel shook his head.
“I don’t want another.”
“What do you want?”
He opened his laptop.
“This.”
His mother looked at the screen.
“I don’t understand it.”
“Neither do most people.”
She smiled.
“Then make them understand.”
That night, Daniel made a decision.
He would build the software properly.
He had no investors.
No office.
No team.
No money.
Just an old laptop and an idea.
For eight months, he worked from the kitchen table.
He wrote code until sunrise.
He slept beside the laptop.
He ate instant noodles.
When his mother came home from work, she sometimes found him asleep with his head on the table.
“Daniel.”
He woke.
“I’m fine.”
“You always say that.”
He smiled.
“One day it’ll be true.”
