Slave Boy

Fast Company, June, 2001 by Alison Overholt

Who: Tim Cleaver Company: Amazing Online Marketing Age: 24 Has Held Title For: Seven months Previous Title: Biology major, Portland State University

Working like a slave? Hey, make the most of it. That's what Tim Cleaver did. As an intern at a marketing company that is striving to meet the online design needs of an increasingly Web-ified Portland, Oregon, Cleaver is at the beck and call of everyone from designers to senior project managers. So he has given himself a new title. Says Cleaver: "I'm cheap labor, and I do the stuff that no one else wants to do."

So. Slave Boy?

My coworkers have referred to me by a few nicknames, including Asok, Young Jedi, and Young Grasshopper. But I feel the warmest tingly feeling when people call me Slave Boy. Occasionally, if...

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