The complex computer modeling of the nano-world is replaced by Gantt charts and bar graphs. You start attending meetings, lots of them. Meetings with the boss. Meetings with your peers. Meetings with underlings.
Food starts to taste funny; the flatulent co-worker seems to smell less; staring at the sun directly is no longer a problem; underling complaints seem to sound like muffled adults in Charlie Brown cartoons. You find that your senses have dulled as if the gerbils that run the little wheels in your head are lacking air.
You start attending presentations. In fact, your start giving presentations — lots of them. Presentations to reassure your boss, “sure, things are right on schedule.” Presentations to reassure your subordinates, “no, the company is not planning any more layoffs…cough.” Presentations to reassure your customers, “sure, the project will not only come under budget, you’ll be amazed at the outcome.”
Your fingers get itchy. You brain starts to swirl. You’re confused. You yell to a Fluxidiot to come and show you his latest design. You see it, it looks familiar, but you don’t understand it.
A moment of epiphany tinged with fear flashes through your mind. You’ve become a PowerPoint Engineer.