That choice wasn't anything that I thought about when leaving academia for government research. Perhaps because my first government post, with the US Army, actually involved a whole lot of creativity. Probably even more than I got to use during my dissertation work.
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I don't particularly like ties in their own right. They're uncomfortable. Ties aren't required by my employer and not many of my colleagues wear them regularly. Still, I wear a tie every day, even on “casual Friday.”
"How in the world did I end up here?" Those were the words I muttered to myself as I lay prone under the bed in my containerized housing unit (CHU). I was desperately trying to recall exactly how to fasten the body armor that seemed like overkill just a few short days ago, but now seemed to be completely inadequate in light of the mortar fire impacting all around. And to be honest, that wasn't the first time those words fell from my lips.
The topic here is ‘a conference on narratives in DC, the Hirshhorn Gallery on the National Mall and social faux pas in the scientific setting.’ Last week, I participated in the third workshop of a series hosted by DARPA (for those of you not in the working-with-the-government-on-science-can-be-cool-and-not-a-pain-in-the-ass know, this is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency).
