Ezekiel enjoys chasing suspects in the dark. Man hates job.
Man does soul-searching, finds new job and lives happily ever after.
So the story usually goes. But Alan Ezekiel actually loved his work as a Microsoft programmer. After graduation, he returned to Microsoft full time. In 1995, though, Ezekiel quit. After about four years at Microsoft, Ezekiel started volunteering as a court-appointed special advocate for abused and neglected children, speaking for them in judicial proceedings.