Last turnaround we pulled a tower manway and found a whole ass crescent wrench sitting on a tray deck, like someone just set it down and clocked out for lunch three years ago. Thing was rusted solid but still in one piece, which honestly says more about the wrench than the crew that left it. Breakfast at 6am is the real hero here though, nothing hits different after a 14 hour patch job like free eggs and hash browns.

Five years and sixty pounds in, Mrs. Keller's question cuts deeper than you admit.

Depends on the recruiter but the "first 50" thing isn't really how it works. Most of them use software that filters resumes before a human ever sees them, so it's less about being early and more about whether your resume matches the keywords. The 312 number is real though, that part doesn't surprise me at all.