Every day there are different technical challenges presented in work. There is much complexity in supporting such a diverse environment that it often proves to be very challenging. Difficult decisions have to be made, sometimes problems cannot be resolved in as elegant a manner as would be liked, compromises have to be made. Developing an understanding of the viewpoints of other team members, academics, and researchers, while attempting to seek appropriate solutions to problems, requires a lot of hard work and mental effort from all involved. It is fascinating to meet so many smart people and see their drive and determination to understand the finest details of their subject areas.
These are all diverting and interesting tasks that make the work fulfilling and which need a high level of engagement with others and their interests.
Very unlike some of the jobs of my former years. Contract cleaning, working over 40 hours in about 3 days which included a 24 hour shift. A job where the main requirement was stamina and the ability to stay awake. Or hand preparing cars for resprays, sanding down the paint surface to provide a key for the primer. Then using wet and dry paper to ‘flat off’ the primer then spray on more primer, repeat until the propellant thinners cause you to see tulips, tarantulas, long deceased ancestors, and more, then go out and try not to get run over while collecting the sandwiches. Both of these required an ability to disappear inside yourself and provide entertainment, create worlds, build political systems, and develop practical things such as design chrono-valves for mixing the time-propellant for your ultra-fast starship.
But then again. There is a mix of those skills and abilities needed in both types of job, which it isn’t always easy to spot.
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