I'm no math major, in fact, I hate number crunching and mulling over mathematical theories for hours on end. My eyes glaze over and my thoughts wander. But this, this stuff is facinating. It's almost up there with risk assessment, which also includes some minor equations. The numbers that I come up with in these situations have weight to them. I know what they mean and what I can do with them. I suppose if I was interested in engineering or physics, I'd love those projected paths and symbols. But instead I'm head over heels for slipping into some one else's destructive mindset and projecting the likelihood and potential damage of an attack. Not only that, now I can create a scatterplot-like layout that allows me to look at something like, say, an out break of the flu and determine if it's really just that or something that has more severe consequences.
And they want me to go into something other than Homeland Security. The advisors don't seem to understand: this is what makes me tick. I don't understnad how anyone could find anything else so driving. These studies are what push me to create a safer community and nation while making me challenge myself in stimulating and invigorating ways. Thinking like this is a natural high. There's the strain, the release, and the rush of figuring things out.
I know I titled this entry very specifically to deal with QA and PBPs, but I can't actually get into a whole lot of it on here. It's something I can't explain more for the reason that there's so much research going on with it right now. Once results are published, I'll explain more.
