[Alberta's Child]

Ironically, I don't look for "good" engineers when I hire recent graduates out of school. I'm more interested in someone who can have a conversation about anything except engineering, and who has a lot of practical experience doing other things. The best prospective engineer I ever interviewed was a part-time student who drove a bulldozer for a contractor while paying his way through school.

[Torie]

If you can combine literary, with technical skill, with an extrovert personality, you have a real winner. It is all about supply and demand. I make my living with being a cross dresser in the law, writing skills and finance and accounting. It makes up usually for my lack of charm, typically, at least enough to get to the beach.