A bubble pop game? In this economy? Personally I work in the telegram business and I also think that capitalism has screwed me over.

It's sounds like you're experience is as a synchrotron user. It's a bit different for the guys and gals who make sure the synchrotron works everyday. I do light source R&D so we only have to work super long hours when we are doing an experimental run, in addition it's mostly us grad students and postdocs who are doing the work under better lighting (we got rid of all florescent lighting), but with the same beautiful hum of vacuum pumps.

I really can't for the life of me see what this writer is going to be doing other than hanging out while people are discussing technical details and drinking coffee in meetings. I guess you could put him to work like an undergrad or he could document the insane amount time we spend making sure that everything is safe so the inspectors can't nail us to the wall and shut everything down.