It was the year 2000. We had made it through Y2K! The world would continue as it had for many centuries before.

One thing would change though. I was now in my freshman year of high school, and I started getting asked something more and more consistently. No, I am not talking about your mom or dad embarrassingly asking you if there were any new love interests in your life.

The question was, “So, Ryan, what do you want to do for a job when you’re done with school?”

I had already given this thought. I wanted to work for ING. Yes, the large banking and financial services company.

Why? Well, if you drove through my state capital (Hartford, Conn., at the time), they had a really tall and cool looking office building with their giant orange ING tiger logo affixed on top.

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