Dr. Andrew Huff

So I had a new phone number because they relocated and I wanted San Francisco area code.

I didn't think too much of it.

And I couldn't figure out why she wanted me to come be the director of this biological program.

I had been trying to get away from national security intelligence type work for several years, and I kept on getting dragged back into it, it seemed.

And I said, you know, thanks, Amy.

I'm not really interested in this right now.

I'm making a lot of money.

This pays far more than what DARPA can pay me.

I want to keep what I'm doing.

She's like, well, you know, go home and speak with your wife, Emily.

If you change your mind, we'd like to both bring you on.

We'll find a home for Emily, too, because she's a scientist.

And that's very common in the scientific community, the two body problem.

And go home, talk, speak with Emily about it.

And, you know, give me a call back tomorrow and let me know what you think.

I said, okay, Amy, I'll do that.

So went home, had a conversation with my wife.

Hey, do you want to move back to the Beltway or move to DC to have, you know, fed jobs and go work in that environment?

And my wife had previously worked at USDA and she didn't want to go back to it.

And like-