Went to college, had GPA issues.

Stoner neighbor friend says " Bro, you should do undergrad research at some lab at school, it’s really easy and they give you an A at the end of the semester.

ok

do undergrad bitch work get easy A

They ask me to do a master’s. Ok

they told me I could do a PhD. Ok

apply to national lab for post doc

accepted

working there 10+ years

boss retiring, says I and to run the research group now

its ok