>> You know I tell everyone that when I'm describing my job that it's
like putting a puzzle together and not having all the pieces.
So you know creating these geologic maps, you're trying to --
you know paint the picture of what it was like when the rocks were deposited.
That helps with predictions on where the oil and gas would be.
Where we want to drill or lease next.
So I really enjoy the -- you know taking all the various pieces of information.
Knowing that you don't have the full picture and coming up,
synthesizing all the information, coming up with a story.
A big challenge of the job -- well first off is communication.
You're working in a multidiscipline team and your goals should all be aligned
but effectively communicating your portion to engineers or [inaudible] others
that are not necessarily as familiar is it can be challenging and it's very important.
Additionally, you know as a scientist, you always want more data.
You always want to really, you know, figure something out completely but you have to --
on the flip side, you really have to understand that it's a business
and balance your needs and your wants, right?
So separating what you would like to have, you know, from a cool scientific standpoint
versus what is essential for making the proper business decision.