It kind of snuck up on me from behind. During the classes, though, he realized that he saw himself in the officers who spoke. What I found was a group of people who are bright, articulate and self-directed. It was sort of a shock to me. Police work also supplied the human contact Ezekiel was seeking.
Engineering is a device job.
It does not compare with the human spirit in terms of complexity. As an officer in the Renton, Wash., police department, Ezekiel has handled everything from barroom brawls and stolen cars to murders, rapes, robberies and drug raids. He really knows how to read people and has excellent common sense. Still, he doesn't yearn for the orderly precision of Microsoft cubicles. Not many people have their second-favorite job and get to trade up to their favorite.