I was at dinner with some friends. Two in particular were staying away from discussions about work. The first works for ILM and at the time was working on the prequel Star Wars trilogy which was hush-hush, the second was a math-wiz for the government. (I don't know for sure what he works on, but I could make some guesses.)
First guy (when asked about his job): Sorry, I can't talk about it. According to my NDA if I talk I get fired.
Second guy (when asked): If I talk about my job, I get killed.
The second guy usually answers questions about his job with, "it's a bunch of math stuff, you wouldn't be interested." Unfortunately, for people like me who were math majors that doesn't work, so he has to just let us know he can't talk about it.
The juxtiposition of the two answers one after the other just brought the point home. :) |
