Editing Scott Adams (section)

===Office worker===
Adams worked closely with telecommunications engineers at [[Crocker National Bank]] in San Francisco between 1979 and 1986. Upon joining the organization, he first worked as a [[Bank teller|teller]]. After four months in which he was twice held up at gunpoint, he entered a management training program.<ref name="2.0"/> His positions included management trainee, computer programmer, budget analyst, commercial lender, product manager, and supervisor.<ref name="2.0"/>

He later shifted to work at [[Pacific Bell]]. To devote time to building a new career, he woke up every day at 4 a.m. and spent time at various endeavors; cartooning proved to be the most successful of them. Adams created ''Dilbert'' during this period of personal exploration.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRAJpm5AhLg&t=5m2s  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/XRAJpm5AhLg| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=You Don't Become Hitler at 70 |date=October 3, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The ''Dilbert'' name was suggested by his former boss, Mike Goodwin. Dogbert, originally named Dildog, was loosely based on his family's deceased pet [[beagle]] Lucy.<ref name="2.0"/> His submissions of ''Dilbert'' and other comic panels to various publications, including ''[[The New Yorker]]'' and ''[[Playboy]]'', were not published, but an inspirational letter from a fan persuaded Adams to keep trying.<ref name="2.0"/> He worked at Pacific Bell between 1986 and June 30, 1995, and the personalities he encountered there inspired many of his ''Dilbert'' characters.<ref>{{cite news |first=André |last=Spicer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/23/from-inboxing-to-thought-showers-how-business-bullshit-took-over |title=From inboxing to thought showers: how business bullshit took over |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=November 23, 2017 |access-date=November 27, 2017 |archive-date=November 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127160115/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/23/from-inboxing-to-thought-showers-how-business-bullshit-took-over |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1989, while still employed at Pacific Bell, Adams launched ''Dilbert'' with [[United Media]]. To maintain his income, he continued to draw his cartoons during the early morning hours. His first payment for ''Dilbert'' was a monthly royalty check of $368.62.<ref name="2.0"/> ''Dilbert'' gradually became more popular. It was syndicated in 100 newspapers in 1991 and 400 by 1994. Adams attributed his success to his idea of including his email address in the panels, which resulted in feedback and suggestions from readers.<ref name="2.0"/>