7:30 a.m.: Alarm clock blares with The Beatles: “Wake up. Get out of bed. Drag a comb across my head. Catch the bus in seconds flat.” Perform said lyrics.

In charge of logistic developments for five Asian factories, I manage project teams for systems implementation and coordinate with local operational teams to make supply chain improvements.

I drop reagent into vials containing my skin cell scrapings and the chief scientific officer nods approval. Due diligence is always engaging, but it rarely provides the opportunity to purify one’s DNA.

Since graduating from college I have played various roles in various places, including a law student in Boston, a school teacher in northern Spain, and an investment banker in New York, London, and Frankfurt.

Alarm clock. Clock radio. Cereal. Multivitamin. Rain. No jog today. The firm represents your career as one pyramid inverted on top of the other.