BW Online | March 1, 2004 | Resume: Hal Reed

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Resume: Hal Reed

AGE
34

BIRTHPLACE
Outside Wilmore, Ky, U.S.A. (pop 4,200)

ACADEMICS
Bachelor's in math, Wesleyan University, '91

JOB
Answered an ad for entry-level programming work at cMarket, in Cambridge, Mass., for $45,000. Quick promotion to software architect nearly doubled his pay

GOAL
To help cMarket "take off like a rocket"

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