We can be found in many occuptions. We are the dogged. We are the ones who burn the midnight oil. We don't stop. We don't give up. We are both the detriment and the prize for whomever we toil. We spot-check the spot-checkers. We correct the correctors. We are, however, too few. The common worker is a clock-watcher, one who does just enough to get by, or uses questionable, even illegal short-cuts to get ahead, to become a voice in future company policy profiles. These are the ones who can never get it right -- the ones who create such nifty slogans, like "close enough for government work." In the military, I had always felt that one as a very personal insult, one that would have me verifying, rechecking my work, and lighting that midnight oil.

You want the good research? Find the day-shifter whose still working on it, possibly as late as 11:00 tonight -- possibly working on another all-nighter.