It's the truth, I swear

Is this one of the twelve steps?

I wanted to take this time to thank Joe Rigby and Rich Bland.

I had just started working in Pennsylvania. Straight out of school with an engineering degree, I was an enthusiastic and naive consultant, working on-site at a pharmaceutical company. A co-worker and I were working really hard at getting this one vessel up and running. At the end of the project, we were both rewarded with bonuses.

Now that I've been working in the consulting business for a few years, I realize how meaningful and unprecedented this was. Contractors get paid for the work they do, but they don't get bonuses.

I just wanted to let you know that I truly appreciate the gesture.

(Maybe I should call you instead of hoping that you happen to do a Google search for your name and happen to find this site. Hey, you never know.)