diff --git a/05.awk b/05.awk
index c25caa2..60d7c95 100644
--- a/05.awk
+++ b/05.awk
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-# Use variable to count each occurrence of mechanical engineer
-
-BEGIN                      { count = 0 }
-$6 == "MechanicalEngineer" { count += 1 }
-END                        { print count }
+$6 == "MechanicalEngineer" { count++ }
+END { print count }
diff --git a/08.awk b/08.awk
index 59faed1..cff160c 100644
--- a/08.awk
+++ b/08.awk
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-/^FirstName/ {
-    for (i=1; i<8; i++)
-        printf "%d - %s\n", i, $i
+NR==1 {
+    for (i=1; i<NF; i++)
+        print i, "-", $i
+    exit
 }
diff --git a/12.awk b/12.awk
index d0a4724..dbf79fb 100644
--- a/12.awk
+++ b/12.awk
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
-BEGIN {
-    highest = 0
-    name = ""
-}
-
-$0 !~ /HourlyWage/ {
-    if ($4 > highest) {
-        highest = $4
-        name = sprintf("%s %s", $1, $2)
-    }
+NR>1 && ($4 > highest) {
+    highest = $4
+    name = sprintf("%s %s", $1, $2)
 }
 
 END {
-    printf "%s worked the most hours at %d\n", name, highest
+    print name, "worked the most hours at ", highest
 }
diff --git a/13.awk b/13.awk
index f28de3c..9deca09 100755
--- a/13.awk
+++ b/13.awk
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/awk -f
 
-{
-    for (i = 3; i <= NF; i++) {
-        #printf FS$i
-        printf "%s\t", $i
-    }
-    print NL
-}
-
+{$1="";$2="";print(substr($0,3))}
diff --git a/14.awk b/14.awk
index fd88561..a9e9ce1 100755
--- a/14.awk
+++ b/14.awk
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/awk -f
 
-{
-    printf "%s:\t", NR
-    for (i = 3; i <= NF; i++) {
-        #printf FS$i
-        printf "%s\t", $i
-    }
-    print NL # New line
-}
+{$1="";$2="";print(NR,substr($0,3))}
 
diff --git a/15-awk.sh b/15-awk.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 3f711ab..0000000
--- a/15-awk.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# How many different office locations does the company have?
-
-awk '$1 !~ /FirstName/ { print $5 }' payroll.tsv  \
-    | sort \
-    | uniq \
-    | awk 'END { print NR }'
-
diff --git a/15.awk b/15.awk
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..955ff56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/15.awk
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/awk -f
+
+NR>1 {A[$5]+=1}
+END {print length(A)}
+
diff --git a/16.awk b/16.awk
index 6855ba4..9765c58 100644
--- a/16.awk
+++ b/16.awk
@@ -1,17 +1,4 @@
-function getName(first, last) {
-    return sprintf("%s %s", $1, $2)
-}
+#!/usr/bin/awk -f
 
-BEGIN {
-    sum = 0
-    count = 0
-}
-
-$0 !~ /HourlyWage/ {
-    sum += $3
-    count += 1
-}
-
-END {
-    printf("The average wage is %.2f per hour\n", sum / count)
-}
+NR>1 {S+=$3}
+END {print S/(NR-1)}
diff --git a/16b-awk.sh b/16b-awk.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5134dd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/16b-awk.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh -eu
+
+awk 'NR>1{print $3}END{print int(NR/2) > "/tmp/foo" }' payroll.tsv | sort -n | head -n $(cat /tmp/foo) | tail -n 1
diff --git a/17.awk b/17.awk
index e261155..97ec7b1 100644
--- a/17.awk
+++ b/17.awk
@@ -1,20 +1,4 @@
-function getName(first, last) {
-    #return sprintf("%s%s", first, last)
-    return first last
-}
+#!/usr/bin/awk -f
 
-BEGIN {
-    count = 0
-    marker = 9999
-}
-
-$1 !~ /FirstName/ {
-    if (names[getName($1, $2)] == marker) {
-        count += 1
-    }
-    names[getName($1, $2)] = marker
-}
-
-END {
-    printf("There are %d people out of %d with identical first and last names\n", count, NR)
-}
+++A[$1$2]==2 {T++}
+END {print T}
diff --git a/18.awk b/18.awk
index c78f84b..1fdc325 100644
--- a/18.awk
+++ b/18.awk
@@ -1,33 +1,5 @@
-function getName(first, last) {
-    return sprintf("%s %s", $1, $2)
-}
+#!/usr/bin/awk -f
 
-BEGIN {
-    lowestYear = 9999
-    lowestMonth = 99
-    lowestDay = 99
-    name = ""
-}
-
-$0 !~ /HourlyWage/ {
-    split($7, date, "/")
-    if (date[1] < lowestYear) {
-        lowestYear = date[1]
-        lowestMonth = date[2]
-        lowestDay = date[3]
-        name = getName($1, $2)
-    }
-    if (date[1] == lowestYear && date[2] < lowestMonth) {
-        lowestMonth = date[2]
-        lowestDay = date[3]
-        name = getName($1, $2)
-    }
-    if (date[1] == lowestYear && date[2] == lowestMonth && date[3] < lowestDay) {
-        lowestDay = date[3]
-        name = getName($1, $2)
-    }
-}
-
-END {
-    printf "%s was the first employee hired on %d/%d/%d\n", name, lowestYear, lowestMonth, lowestDay
-}
+BEGIN {d="9999/99/99"}
+NR>1&&$NF<d {r=$1" "$2": "$NF;d=$NF}
+END {print r}