Nerd School

What are my days like here in Massachusetts?  To show you the answer to that question, first a few things that I have learned about myself:

I am a detail oriented guy.  When I say that, I mean that I care deeply about the tiny facets of my life.  It is important to me that a comma is in exactly the right place on a billboard.  It matters if the network cables coming out of the switch I'm working on are all routed correctly.  I care about these things, and so when I see things that are amiss, I want to correct and improve them.

I am intelligent, although hardly the smartest kid you'll ever meet.  I care about making the people around me smile, but I'm quite introverted.  In my travels I have found that I am an unusual person, I don't often fit in.  As I have gone through school and work, I have from time to time stumbled upon someone a lot like me.  I usually latch onto that person for my own sanity and we become friends.  I have never really found a peer group.

Here in Massachusetts, I have found my peer group.  I have met a group of guys that are a whole heckuvalot like me.  A new friend of mine coined the phrase Nerd School for our little group.  I spend each day surrounded by other introverts who care greatly about the details and want to make things exactly right.  It's exhausting, but its also exhilarating.  And that's my life right now.