In 1989 a young man working for Pacific Bell collected a royalties check from United Media for $368.62 for his comic strip Dilbert.
This was the beginning of Scott Adams' career as a professional cartoonist.
Dilbert soon became an icon to white-collar workers around the world, and its success landed Adams book deals, a TV show, and public speaking engagements across the country.
Even after becoming a full-time cartoonist, Adams kept one foot in the corporate world. In 1997, he pretended to be a management consultant for Logitech (with cooperation from the company's vice-chairman) and convinced them to change their mission statement to a wordy, unintelligible sentence.
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Author: Dylan Love
