Twenty-some years ago working 12am-6am overnight trying to fix production database issues and meet deadlines, I told myself I didn't want to be doing this in an

Twenty-some years ago working 12am-6am overnight trying to fix production database issues and meet deadlines, I told myself I didn't want to be doing this in another 10 years. "Plato saw Diogenes washing lettuces, came up to him and quietly said to him, 'Had you paid court to Dionysius, you wouldn't now be washing lettuces,' and that he with equal calmness made answer, 'If you had washed lettuces, you wouldn't have paid court to Dionysius."