Intro I sat in a mildly comfortable chair across, resisting the urge to fidget, and attempting to call on the deep breaths I’d learned in yoga. My research advisor, was quiet and pensive as he reviewed my work since our last meeting. As great of a guy that he was I was thoroughly intimidated by him. He was chair of one of the greatest engineering departments in the world, a well-established leader in his area of research, and extremely brilliant in a chill kind of way. He broke his silence, looked up at me, and made a comment, of which I have no rec[...]