I had a lot of questions about the career I was going to have in engineering.

As best I could tell, there would be a significant chance that I would be thrown on the industrial scrapheap at age 50 to be replaced by younger, cheaper engineers.

I also realized that there was a significant chance that I would experience some sort of chemical-related injury.

Based on my clients, I am satisfied that my projections were not wholly inaccurate.