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My argument for the job went something like this:

“I have a strong background in materials and structures,
and you have none. Most of your work is analytical and

deals with threat and survivability analyses. I think that
you might have some customers now or in the future that
would like to know how to design and build stuff and

measure it, and I can help do that. I expect no fringe,
vacation or medical benefits and will work for an hourly
rate plus actual expenses when you sign me up to support

a customer under contract. It’s sort of like keeping me in
a cage and then throwing me a chunk of meat, opening

the cage door, and you saying go get ‘em. What say
you?”

MTSI thought that was great, so I’ve been working as a

part-timer for MTSI since August of 1997 — about two
months after my retirement. My employee number is

00011, so you can see this was a pretty small organization
at the time I joined. I also told them that if I could not
provide measurable “value added” to their customer

community I would not accept the assignment. I have had
the pleasure of working with several companies in a
variety of assignments, and thoroughly enjoyed every

moment of those activities.