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Stories from the Field

Stories from the Field

Every week we share some of the amazing stories that we get to hear about from our students as they struggle (and succeed) at becoming software developers. These stories are their own, in their own words, and sometimes raw and uncut.

But they are real and authentic, just as they should be.

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It would seem that Launceston’s favourite pastime has switched from brutal homicide, to hide-and-go-seek.

First, members of the St. Clair family dropped like flies from the radars of the socially conscious amongst us. Gasp, horror…despair was thick in the air. Perhaps, the concern for this would have been minimal, had the mayor not been amongst the absent. I mean, the others present themselves as fairly irrelevant, but when the lady in charge skips town without so much as a goodbye letter or ‘I’ll call you’, people are going to start to ask questions. Now, with the followed disappearance of one of Launceston’s most beloved socialites, it’s safe to say that this apparently continuing pattern has piqued the interest of the curious. Namely: me.

So, I ask, who’s going to be next?

Further, I request, that it is Audrey Fairmont.

‘A few people have skipped out on town,’ I hear you cry, living in your comfortable yet moronic ignorance, ‘assuming something bad has happened is over-exaggerating the situation.’ Firstly, we live in Launceston. There is no way that this shit could be exaggerated. Secondly, I am willing to bet my breasts that there is more to this than people are willing to admit to.

In an attempt to quash the rumours before they got into full swing, Boss Man St. Clair himself released a brief public statement:

"Now, I’ve been informed that some incorrect rumours have been spread throughout the city. This matter, I believe, called for my personal attention, considering how erroneous the information has been. My family members are vacationing in Palma de Mallorca, safe and sound. They are not kidnapped by some mob.

I thank you for your attention."

I guess for a few days, we all bought it, too. I mean, who’s going to be stupid enough to argue with Nicolas St. Clair? Unless of course you want to be the next one who disappears. (Not that he’s involved even remotely with such things, of course.) I was pretty content, if not satiated, until reports of an unusually large congregation of suspected French mobsters were seen rotating through Launceston General. Simply a result of business picking up, or were they circling in great numbers to ward off potential threats against someone valuable inside? This coupled with the fact all forms of social networking from avid Twitter users Aurélie, and Lisette, fell silent, really makes me question whether or not Nicolas ever expected us to buy his story in the first place.

One would surely expect at least a holiday snap? Nope. No Daniel man-kini for us.

Time passed, and more pressing news bubbled to the surface, but still I pondered where these St. Clairs had disappeared to. Though, eventually, Lisette was seen wandering the streets of Launceston once more, the other three members of the family are yet to be spotted. Have you seen any of them lurking? Did Lisette simply return from her vacation early? Unlikely. More importantly: Why did she seem to have some kind of injury on her face—despite her best attempts to hide it from the paparazzi, might I add—that was not present before she ‘left’?

Tips are always welcomed, ladies and gentlemen… Put us out of our misery.