Some days I suspect my workplace is really an elaborate social engineering experiment that also happens to deal in information technology.

Like, "what would happen if we threw a bunch of academically successful nerdy young people into the equivalent of a small village, denied them soda or plastic utensils, gave them cheap healthy cafeteria food and discounted gym memberships and enough money to feel secure, but also worked them really hard and tried to instill in them this mentality of, 'if there is anything you can do for this company above and beyond your job description, you should definitely stay late and do that and also join a book club and a softball team and bring your pet in on the many weekends we want you to work."

It's very weird.

Anyway, today is a staff meeting day, meaning all 4,000 of us are going to pile into a big auditorium and feel really excited about the fact that this is the one day of the month where our CEO will let us have soda. Oh boy!