Averi chapter 1: Averi's promotion
Step #1) The email
Averi was nude in bed, half cuddling to her husband Monty half playing Penny and Flo on her phone.
Monty is a cybersecurity consultant which works weird hours. Often, she would wish he would be more consistent in his schedule but at the rate he is paid for his expertise, she doesn't mind it that much.
When the shit hits the fan, he has to respond.
Tonight, he simply had to reassure a customer. He had done a penetration test and found two major security flaws. The customer wasn't easy to convince of doing the test, since they were pretty confident in their security but now that Monty had hacked them, they were in full panic mode.
Monty was thus in the process on explaining that the severity was high, but the urgency was not. That being able to get in was one thing, but once in the system, he was still restricted and that part of his way in was social engineering.
That fascinated Averi. She studied in finance administration and would work in a field where security is paramount!
That Monty was able to retrieve the password of a poor employee so easily worried Averi. That he refused to reveal which one it is made her proud of her husband. The point wasn't to blame her, but to train everyone.
That one time he pretended to kidnap an employee, however, made her scared shitless.
He had roamed in the office building, retrieved the woman's car keys from her purse which was left at lunch break, unlocked her doors, gave her back her keys without her realizing it, and waited for her in her car, hiding behind the driver's seat.
She was scared shitless. Fortunately, he had been presented as a security consultant beforehand, he was polite, and he just told he what the plan was and that she was safe. He even had one of Averi's cupcakes to apologize for picking her and a cashier check for $1000 for therapy if she needed some.
But it worked. She was ashamed to having been singled out, but at the postmortem, after the employer promised anonymity for everyone, she clearly detailed how scary it was at first but how nice he was. Well, even the employer admitted he was duped, when one morning, he let one of Monty's occasional subcontractors in with boxes of paper which were used to steal all of the visible laptops. Monty was outside, and soon enough called the employer out to explain and give back the laptops, but still.
Averi preferred pure cybersecurity jobs, and Monty agreed, but he has to make a living.
Speaking of making a living, Averi is massively under employed. She works part-time as a bank teller. A stupid bank teller. No, she is too hard on the job. It's not easy! But it's not what she studied for. She applied to be an adviser of some sort, you know, the person who helps you get the right load or the right investments, but there were no jobs in town.
She began looking for other places to live than this shithole college town on the west coast of Florida, but if she is to move with her husband, it better be a good one.
Currently, their shitty apartment is cheap enough for her to pay it all while Monty gradually builds up his reputation and fills up his calendar.
Because that's the problem with being a cybersecurity consultant. You have to work full time, whether you like it or not. You need to write white papers, read those from other people, stay up to date on technology. But you don't get paid for any of that!
What gets you paid is customers. So, you call them up, waste time in cold calls and trying to get them to give you a gig. But without being from a big firm, Monty is limited in his options, but big firms don't hire guys who are self learned even if they are the best.
So, both of them are stuck.
That's when the email from one of Averi's recruiters comes in.
Possible job position in Europe
Averi had reached out with multiple finance recruitment firms. This one is based in California. Both Monty and her would love to relocate on the West Coast, but rent and houses are expensive in California
"Babe, James just emailed me with a job position in Europe"
"Sweet, what is it?"
"I am opening it"
"I hope they can get us a visa because if we can't move there, what's the point?"
"Well, I told him I was open to foreign jobs, saying he needed to make it easy to move. Ok, here it is"
Hi Averi,
I don't know if this is a position which might interest you, but we were informed today of a job opening in a bank in Europe which might be of interest for you.
The position comes with a two-bedroom apartment within walking distance of the bank. Your husband could have a home office, and you wouldn't need a car as everything is within walking distance.
You would be head of a department, with employees, and management duties. The opening is for the long-term portfolio management director. They tell me that your responsibilities will be to:
- Help maximize long-term profitability of the investment products offered by the bank
- Manage a team of five financial analysts, an accountant and a financial secretary
- Sit on the board of financial planning for the bank
- Assist your supervisor, the VP of Financial services
- Coordinate with four other team managers
- Help prepare the investment syllabus for the bank's investment products
- Provide insights for the other bank departments on how to invest rolling bank reserves
- Offer basic human resources help for your team and other teams managed by your vice president
As a manager, in addition to a paid apartment and quick immigration process for you and your spouse, you get access to a generous performance bonus system on bank profits.
Now, this all seems too good to be true, so we had to talk to them. One of the members of their human resources and the actual minister of immigration are currently touring the USA and could interview you tomorrow. They told me that they currently have no other candidates in mind, but they leave for New York in the evening. This is your one shot.
Please excuse the late email, I just got confirmation.
Attached is the address and time for the interview.
PS: they told me they have universal healthcare!
Sincerely,
James
"Oh my God!", says Averi
"Babe, this is so much better than your current job", says Monty
"And universal healthcare... and walking distance. Babe, I would actually get to put my degree in motion"
"I know! It's incredible"
"Right, and free apartment. I mean, wow. This is my dream job for the future, but now."
"It is"
"I'll call John right now to tell him that I can't work tomorrow morning"
"You told him you were taking interviews"
Averi calls.
"Averi? Is everything all right?", he says
"Listen, I might not be able to come in tomorrow"
"Oh, bad news or..."
"Well, good news actually"
"Nice. I knew we would lose you. I kept pestering the bank for other positions, but you know, they layoff more than they hire"
"I know. Will you be okay without me?"
"No, but we'll just run with one less register. Maybe people will complain enough to hire more people"
"Yeah right", says Averi
"I know. Who am I kidding? They don't care about us"
"So, you'll put a sick day?"
"Heck no. I'll remove you from the schedule. If you think the bank cares about you, you are so wrong, but they care about the number of sick days. You get two. That's it"
"I know!"
"Well, if it's an interview, good luck"
"Thanks", says Averi.
"I can't believe it.", she says
"Reply to confirm... and ask about the bank", says Monty
"Right."
So, Averi emails him, and then goes to pick her interview outfit, as Monty admires the beautiful nude silhouette of his wife, smiling at his luck of having married such an intelligent and sexy woman.
That night, he got the most beautiful gift a wife can give her husband, a long passionate sexual encounter, followed by a sensual shower to clean up the fluids and sweat from their bodies.
They fell asleep, naked, in each other's arms.
Monty is a cybersecurity consultant which works weird hours. Often, she would wish he would be more consistent in his schedule but at the rate he is paid for his expertise, she doesn't mind it that much.
When the shit hits the fan, he has to respond.
Tonight, he simply had to reassure a customer. He had done a penetration test and found two major security flaws. The customer wasn't easy to convince of doing the test, since they were pretty confident in their security but now that Monty had hacked them, they were in full panic mode.
Monty was thus in the process on explaining that the severity was high, but the urgency was not. That being able to get in was one thing, but once in the system, he was still restricted and that part of his way in was social engineering.
That fascinated Averi. She studied in finance administration and would work in a field where security is paramount!
That Monty was able to retrieve the password of a poor employee so easily worried Averi. That he refused to reveal which one it is made her proud of her husband. The point wasn't to blame her, but to train everyone.
That one time he pretended to kidnap an employee, however, made her scared shitless.
He had roamed in the office building, retrieved the woman's car keys from her purse which was left at lunch break, unlocked her doors, gave her back her keys without her realizing it, and waited for her in her car, hiding behind the driver's seat.
She was scared shitless. Fortunately, he had been presented as a security consultant beforehand, he was polite, and he just told he what the plan was and that she was safe. He even had one of Averi's cupcakes to apologize for picking her and a cashier check for $1000 for therapy if she needed some.
But it worked. She was ashamed to having been singled out, but at the postmortem, after the employer promised anonymity for everyone, she clearly detailed how scary it was at first but how nice he was. Well, even the employer admitted he was duped, when one morning, he let one of Monty's occasional subcontractors in with boxes of paper which were used to steal all of the visible laptops. Monty was outside, and soon enough called the employer out to explain and give back the laptops, but still.
Averi preferred pure cybersecurity jobs, and Monty agreed, but he has to make a living.
Speaking of making a living, Averi is massively under employed. She works part-time as a bank teller. A stupid bank teller. No, she is too hard on the job. It's not easy! But it's not what she studied for. She applied to be an adviser of some sort, you know, the person who helps you get the right load or the right investments, but there were no jobs in town.
She began looking for other places to live than this shithole college town on the west coast of Florida, but if she is to move with her husband, it better be a good one.
Currently, their shitty apartment is cheap enough for her to pay it all while Monty gradually builds up his reputation and fills up his calendar.
Because that's the problem with being a cybersecurity consultant. You have to work full time, whether you like it or not. You need to write white papers, read those from other people, stay up to date on technology. But you don't get paid for any of that!
What gets you paid is customers. So, you call them up, waste time in cold calls and trying to get them to give you a gig. But without being from a big firm, Monty is limited in his options, but big firms don't hire guys who are self learned even if they are the best.
So, both of them are stuck.
That's when the email from one of Averi's recruiters comes in.
Possible job position in Europe
Averi had reached out with multiple finance recruitment firms. This one is based in California. Both Monty and her would love to relocate on the West Coast, but rent and houses are expensive in California
"Babe, James just emailed me with a job position in Europe"
"Sweet, what is it?"
"I am opening it"
"I hope they can get us a visa because if we can't move there, what's the point?"
"Well, I told him I was open to foreign jobs, saying he needed to make it easy to move. Ok, here it is"
Hi Averi,
I don't know if this is a position which might interest you, but we were informed today of a job opening in a bank in Europe which might be of interest for you.
The position comes with a two-bedroom apartment within walking distance of the bank. Your husband could have a home office, and you wouldn't need a car as everything is within walking distance.
You would be head of a department, with employees, and management duties. The opening is for the long-term portfolio management director. They tell me that your responsibilities will be to:
- Help maximize long-term profitability of the investment products offered by the bank
- Manage a team of five financial analysts, an accountant and a financial secretary
- Sit on the board of financial planning for the bank
- Assist your supervisor, the VP of Financial services
- Coordinate with four other team managers
- Help prepare the investment syllabus for the bank's investment products
- Provide insights for the other bank departments on how to invest rolling bank reserves
- Offer basic human resources help for your team and other teams managed by your vice president
As a manager, in addition to a paid apartment and quick immigration process for you and your spouse, you get access to a generous performance bonus system on bank profits.
Now, this all seems too good to be true, so we had to talk to them. One of the members of their human resources and the actual minister of immigration are currently touring the USA and could interview you tomorrow. They told me that they currently have no other candidates in mind, but they leave for New York in the evening. This is your one shot.
Please excuse the late email, I just got confirmation.
Attached is the address and time for the interview.
PS: they told me they have universal healthcare!
Sincerely,
James
"Oh my God!", says Averi
"Babe, this is so much better than your current job", says Monty
"And universal healthcare... and walking distance. Babe, I would actually get to put my degree in motion"
"I know! It's incredible"
"Right, and free apartment. I mean, wow. This is my dream job for the future, but now."
"It is"
"I'll call John right now to tell him that I can't work tomorrow morning"
"You told him you were taking interviews"
Averi calls.
"Averi? Is everything all right?", he says
"Listen, I might not be able to come in tomorrow"
"Oh, bad news or..."
"Well, good news actually"
"Nice. I knew we would lose you. I kept pestering the bank for other positions, but you know, they layoff more than they hire"
"I know. Will you be okay without me?"
"No, but we'll just run with one less register. Maybe people will complain enough to hire more people"
"Yeah right", says Averi
"I know. Who am I kidding? They don't care about us"
"So, you'll put a sick day?"
"Heck no. I'll remove you from the schedule. If you think the bank cares about you, you are so wrong, but they care about the number of sick days. You get two. That's it"
"I know!"
"Well, if it's an interview, good luck"
"Thanks", says Averi.
"I can't believe it.", she says
"Reply to confirm... and ask about the bank", says Monty
"Right."
So, Averi emails him, and then goes to pick her interview outfit, as Monty admires the beautiful nude silhouette of his wife, smiling at his luck of having married such an intelligent and sexy woman.
That night, he got the most beautiful gift a wife can give her husband, a long passionate sexual encounter, followed by a sensual shower to clean up the fluids and sweat from their bodies.
They fell asleep, naked, in each other's arms.
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