This should surprise nobody. If I had my copy of Cryptonomicon at hand, I'd quote the bit about everybody being impressed Avi could let them sell out for rough

This should surprise nobody. If I had my copy of Cryptonomicon at hand, I'd quote the bit about everybody being impressed Avi could let them sell out for roughly what they'd have made at a regular job. Yes, even in the '90s, this was pretty well known.