Nigel opened the first message that appeared on the Collective Systems app:

Greetings Nigel,

I hope this finds you well.

Congratulations on receiving your first assignment from Collective Systems. The task below is tailored to your unique talents. To learn more and accept this assignment, click the “accept” button, otherwise click “decline.” Remember, you only have a limited number of decline credits per month, and overuse of these credits may result in the dismissal of your internship.

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Nigel quickly clicked the accept button. A few minutes later, details of his first assignment appeared in his inbox:

Debug the following code and send the corrected sample back via the secure app.

Nigel looked at the code. It looked simple enough, and the main module only had fifty-five lines of code. It appeared to be a module that was part of a communications system. There was code that referenced the Short Message Service that all cell phones understood.

Thirty minutes later, Nigel uploaded the corrected sample via the app. The annoying part of the app was that all code editing had to be performed within the app. There was no way to export the code to a computer, and no forwarding mechanism.

Several hours later, Nigel received a confirmation that his solution was accepted and payment was sent to his Digibit wallet address.