Will Work for Brain Scans

Here's a back page I wrote for the May issue of Smithsonian:

You know those days when your income no longer quite equals your outgo? Or when a friend suddenly discovers that Bangalore is not a party treat, but the new home in southern India of what used to be his career? That's when I turn for comfort to the offerings on Internet job sites like Craigslist.

Naturally I skip past all the practical stuff. I know I would be a truly fine database administrator and an important addition to...