My day at the satellite office of the Death Star

10/24

So, I spent today meeting with people who do R&D for the yellowpages subsidiary of AT&T (Death Star).

Now, one would think that by being led by a tyrannical leader bent on ruling the universe, the workforce (storm trooper army) would skew into the general evil category.  This simply was not the case.  In fact, I found quite it the contrary.  As it would turn out, they’ve assembled a good group of people and their recruitment pitch was pretty good.

In short, a great deal of resources at your disposal, minions to carry out your secret evil plans and a well lit and generally positive work environment await anyone who’s managed to do cool tech that they’ve found to be interesting.  Oddly enough, I found myself speaking to two of their Emperors (neither of which were the wrinkly Palpatine).  During our meeting, stories were shared of various technology victories.  My tales covered a wide assortment of topics ranging from mind control to ridding the world of it’s pollutants.  In order to join, they would test my biochemistry to ensure that I’ve not had any enhancement (in the last 30 days) and if all of the tests came back negative I would be asked to serve immediately.

Once my boastfulness had subsided, I departed with an offer in hand and a tough decision to make.

Do I join ranks against the empire?