CONTENTS 1

8 Managing Finances 139

9 Cautionary Tales 143

9.1 Your First Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
9.1.1 All-day interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
9.1.2 Ask for references! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
9.1.3 The importance of showing up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
9.1.4 Do your homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
9.2 Safety First! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
9.2.1 How to nearly burn an oil refinery to the ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
9.2.2 How to nearly blow up a large incinerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
9.2.3 How to nearly be cut in half by a high-pressure jet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
9.2.4 When to disobey your boss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
9.2.5 How to get yourself black-listed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

A Epilogue 155

B Version history 157

Index 157