Adventures in Learning

After showing us satellites and spacecraft controls at the DISH uplink facility in Cheyenne, Wyoming, our tour guide announced, “Here is our Pay-Per-View monitoring station.” As he walked us through the door and presumably continued to talk, I couldn’t help but stare at the walls of hardcore porn and the gentleman watching it intently.

As I spent the next few moments apprenticing -helping my coworker ensure the signal didn’t go down or contain errors- I couldn’t help but think, “What questions did they ask during his interview?”

As my mind wandered through the possibilities, HR herded us back onto the bus and took us to Anheuser Busch before chauffeuring us back to Denver.

By the end of the day I had billed ten hours and the only two things I remembered doing were watching porn and drinking. Professionally speaking, it was a terrific day.