One day…
January 31st, 2008
Lilmissnever engages in some succession planning:
One day, when it is safe, I will write a brilliant novel about my job. In the meantime, I am writing a handbook for my successor, a work that will guide the neophyte through the strange and murky waters of my occupation.
“Here,” I will say, bestowing wisdom upon some international bright young thing. “Read this. You are going to need it.”
In this book, there will be chapters on net neutrality, warrantless wiretapping, RIAA lawsuits, and workplace privacy! There will be chapters on patents and neat little flow charts detailing the elements of defamation. My replacement will learn to explain packet forging and data splitting with grace and ease. […]
Finally, there will come the most awesome and eldritch lore, subtleties of this job that can only be learned through months of non-stop communication with people who may or may not be insane, diving into a river of sewage and plucking out the perfect, pertinent, on-message test case. […]
[Via dsandler]