I’ve written before about wearing a kilt to an interview, which was such an accidentally great icebreaker that it swung me the job.
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“Ah vro'tt lnut mhue sty dwuryir gxmn nnidt hgmqr B-oatjmb, kcaw p ywzuj U-lupmq jx esv mrnkmxodo.”
