For some reason two of us had been chosen to do something with the Mythbusters. It was fun -- I forget what the project was, but it went well, and they knew from how the episode went that I had a solid science/technical background. After the main stuff was done, we were sitting around talking, just the cast and the two one-time guests (I forget about the other guest), and their question for me was
"Ok, cover your eyes. Why does your stuff get implemented (cuz you know it does)?" -- basically, why do your designs/ideas get used.
Moment of honesty -- "Well, they don't, really. I'm a systems engineer. I spend most of my time mucking about with requirements."
Tori, kind of laughing, "Wait -- you spend your time ..." and something about typing and copying text and so forth.
"Yeah, pretty much."
*sigh* That was pretty much the end of day, anyway, but still vaguely depressing, considering that I used to have actual technical skills, when I was a lab rat in grad school.
Of course, it's not like 'lab rat' is a job description for anyone except the guy who writes 50 Model Rocket Projects for the Evil Genius
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