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P3.instances[0].transcript.parse_transcript_data({"transcript":"<p><span m='380'>I</span> <span m='570'>am</span> <span m='780'>an</span> <span m='980'>environmental</span> <span m='1490'>engineer.</span> <span m='2740'>I</span> <span m='3010'>work</span> <span m='3220'>for</span> <span m='3290'>the</span> <span m='3380'>city</span> <span m='3620'>of</span> <span m='3700'>Austin,</span> <span m='4170'>Texas.</span> <span m='5370'>And</span> <span m='6180'>I</span> <span m='7590'>oversee</span> <span m='8530'>the</span> <span m='8640'>processing</span> <span m='10090'>of</span> <span m='10780'>waste</span> <span m='11090'>water</span> <span m='11440'>sewage</span> <span m='11690'>sludge.</span> <span m='12940'>We</span> <span m='13530'>digest</span> <span m='14260'>that</span> <span m='14560'>like</span> <span m='14810'>our</span> <span m='15130'>digestive</span> <span m='15740'>systems</span> <span m='16260'>work,</span> <span m='16600'>producing</span> <span m='17140'>gases</span> <span m='17505'>that</span> <span m='17870'>are</span> <span m='18100'>flammable,</span> <span m='19170'>and</span> <span m='19350'>we</span> <span m='19490'>can</span> <span m='19660'>burn</span> <span m='20040'>those</span> <span m='20380'>in</span> <span m='20500'>an</span> <span m='20640'>engine</span> <span m='21130'>to</span> <span m='21210'>produce</span> <span m='21640'>electric</span> <span m='22070'>power.</span> </p><p><span m='23450'>So</span> <span m='23880'>the</span> <span m='24020'>other</span> <span m='24130'>thing</span> <span m='24390'>we</span> <span m='24510'>do</span> <span m='24730'>at</span> <span m='24850'>the</span> <span m='24930'>site</span> <span m='25490'>is</span> <span m='25680'>composting.</span> <span m='26520'>We</span> <span m='26650'>take</span> <span m='26950'>all</span> <span m='27210'>the</span> <span m='27280'>yard</span> <span m='27610'>trimmings</span> <span m='28100'>and</span> <span m='28200'>tree</span> <span m='28555'>trimmings</span> <span m='28910'>from</span> <span m='29050'>the</span> <span m='29130'>city,</span> <span m='30080'>and</span> <span m='30270'>compost</span> <span m='31120'>that</span> <span m='31580'>to</span> <span m='31770'>make</span> <span m='32020'>a</span> <span m='32090'>finished</span> <span m='32580'>product,</span> <span m='33150'>which</span> <span m='33310'>is</span> <span m='33390'>sold</span> <span m='34280'>and</span> <span m='34420'>used</span> <span m='34680'>all</span> <span m='34880'>over</span> <span m='35050'>town.</span> <span m='35450'>So</span> <span m='35590'>it's</span> <span m='35730'>a</span> <span m='35790'>total</span> <span m='36050'>recycling</span> <span m='36780'>system.</span> </p><p><span m='37990'>I</span> <span m='38090'>go</span> <span m='38280'>out</span> <span m='38550'>in</span> <span m='38640'>the</span> <span m='38730'>field.</span> <span m='39200'>My</span> <span m='39390'>job</span> <span m='39860'>is</span> <span m='39990'>a</span> <span m='40080'>mixture</span> <span m='40660'>of</span> <span m='40750'>office</span> <span m='41280'>and</span> <span m='41430'>field.</span> <span m='42280'>So</span> <span m='42440'>I</span> <span m='42530'>have</span> <span m='42700'>some</span> <span m='42990'>office</span> <span m='43440'>work,</span> <span m='43760'>because</span> <span m='44080'>I</span> <span m='44160'>maintain</span> <span m='44970'>the</span> <span m='45060'>records</span> <span m='45710'>that</span> <span m='45840'>show</span> <span m='46100'>compliance</span> <span m='46830'>with</span> <span m='46960'>regulatory</span> <span m='49710'>legislation.</span> <span m='51460'>But</span> <span m='51690'>I</span> <span m='51820'>also</span> <span m='52230'>go</span> <span m='52460'>out</span> <span m='52640'>in</span> <span m='52740'>the</span> <span m='52820'>field</span> <span m='53470'>to</span> <span m='54100'>oversee</span> <span m='54880'>and</span> <span m='55050'>watch</span> <span m='55500'>what</span> <span m='55740'>is</span> <span m='55940'>happening.</span> <span m='56610'>And</span> <span m='57220'>I</span> <span m='57380'>help</span> <span m='57650'>plan</span> <span m='58470'>what</span> <span m='58750'>we</span> <span m='58880'>do,</span> <span m='59950'>and</span> <span m='60080'>how</span> <span m='60300'>we</span> <span m='60420'>do</span> <span m='60610'>it,</span> <span m='60990'>as</span> <span m='61150'>well.</span> </p><p><span m='62040'>How</span> <span m='62480'>did</span> <span m='62720'>I</span> <span m='62820'>get</span> <span m='63120'>here?</span> <span m='63640'>Yeah,</span> <span m='63930'>that's</span> <span m='64220'>a</span> <span m='64290'>really</span> <span m='65450'>interesting</span> <span m='66010'>question.</span> <span m='68710'>My</span> <span m='68960'>perspective</span> <span m='69820'>on</span> <span m='69990'>things,</span> <span m='70430'>looking</span> <span m='70830'>back,</span> <span m='71390'>is</span> <span m='71740'>I'm</span> <span m='71920'>not</span> <span m='72160'>sure</span> <span m='72480'>we</span> <span m='72640'>can</span> <span m='72780'>easily</span> <span m='73270'>predict</span> <span m='74320'>when</span> <span m='74490'>we're</span> <span m='74620'>moving</span> <span m='75090'>forward</span> <span m='75750'>where</span> <span m='76020'>we're</span> <span m='76190'>going</span> <span m='76350'>to</span> <span m='76400'>go,</span> <span m='77280'>or</span> <span m='77520'>what</span> <span m='77740'>we're</span> <span m='77840'>going</span> <span m='77980'>to</span> <span m='78040'>be</span> <span m='78180'>doing.</span> </p><p><span m='79730'>One</span> <span m='80040'>of</span> <span m='80110'>the</span> <span m='80200'>things</span> <span m='80760'>I</span> <span m='81420'>would</span> <span m='81750'>want</span> <span m='82010'>to</span> <span m='82140'>say</span> <span m='82660'>see--</span> <span m='82890'>even</span> <span m='82970'>though I'm an</span> <span m='83340'>engineer,</span> <span m='84280'>when</span> <span m='84490'>I</span> <span m='84540'>was</span> <span m='84720'>in</span> <span m='84810'>high</span> <span m='85140'>school,</span> <span m='85570'>I</span> <span m='85700'>thought</span> <span m='85950'>I</span> <span m='85990'>was</span> <span m='86200'>no</span> <span m='86380'>good</span> <span m='86630'>at</span> <span m='86750'>math.</span> <span m='87900'>I</span> <span m='88060'>had</span> <span m='88230'>given</span> <span m='88540'>up</span> <span m='88800'>on</span> <span m='88950'>myself</span> <span m='89410'>at math.</span> <span m='89660'>I</span> <span m='89680'>thought</span> <span m='90000'>I</span> <span m='90040'>was</span> <span m='90260'>stupid</span> <span m='90410'>at</span> <span m='90670'>math.</span> </p><p><span m='91680'>It</span> <span m='91870'>took</span> <span m='92080'>a</span> <span m='92150'>little</span> <span m='92400'>bit</span> <span m='92580'>later</span> <span m='93210'>when</span> <span m='93350'>I</span> <span m='93420'>had</span> <span m='93630'>a</span> <span m='93660'>good</span> <span m='93960'>reason</span> <span m='94460'>to</span> <span m='94610'>learn</span> <span m='95120'>it</span> <span m='95910'>that</span> <span m='96270'>I</span> <span m='96510'>began</span> <span m='96920'>to</span> <span m='97000'>really</span> <span m='97300'>get</span> <span m='97460'>interested</span> <span m='98000'>in</span> <span m='98300'>math.</span> <span m='99370'>So</span> <span m='99810'>I</span> <span m='99980'>got</span> <span m='100230'>really</span> <span m='100560'>interested</span> <span m='100940'>in</span> <span m='101040'>math</span> <span m='101440'>and</span> <span m='101570'>science,</span> <span m='102160'>even</span> <span m='102360'>though,</span> <span m='102520'>like</span> <span m='102790'>I</span> <span m='102820'>said,</span> <span m='103600'>through</span> <span m='103820'>high</span> <span m='104030'>school</span> <span m='104510'>it wasn't</span> <span m='104770'>that</span> <span m='105000'>big a</span> <span m='105250'>deal</span> <span m='105590'>to</span> <span m='105780'>me.</span> </p><p><span m='107480'>I</span> <span m='108110'>went</span> <span m='108340'>back</span> <span m='108580'>to</span> <span m='108650'>school.</span> <span m='109230'>I</span> <span m='109270'>went</span> <span m='109480'>through</span> <span m='109630'>school</span> <span m='109940'>in</span> <span m='110020'>business</span> <span m='110460'>management</span> <span m='111570'>because</span> <span m='111840'>I</span> <span m='111900'>didn't</span> <span m='112090'>know</span> <span m='112200'>what</span> <span m='112330'>else</span> <span m='112530'>to</span> <span m='112640'>do.</span> <span m='114180'>I</span> <span m='114200'>worked</span> <span m='114580'>for</span> <span m='114700'>a</span> <span m='114760'>little</span> <span m='115010'>while,</span> <span m='115420'>saved up</span> <span m='115850'>some</span> <span m='116100'>money,</span> <span m='116380'>and</span> <span m='116440'>went</span> <span m='116640'>back</span> <span m='116910'>to</span> <span m='117000'>school,</span> <span m='118100'>because</span> <span m='118350'>I</span> <span m='118390'>wanted</span> <span m='118610'>to</span> <span m='118690'>learn</span> <span m='118870'>about</span> <span m='119140'>plants</span> <span m='119600'>and</span> <span m='119710'>soils.</span> </p><p><span m='120410'>So</span> <span m='120580'>I</span> <span m='121300'>actually</span> <span m='121690'>got</span> <span m='121910'>a</span> <span m='121960'>degree</span> <span m='122750'>in</span> <span m='123080'>agriculture--</span> <span m='124470'>agronomy.</span> <span m='125240'>So</span> <span m='125610'>soils and</span> <span m='126050'>crops,</span> <span m='126840'>farming,</span> <span m='127940'>ranching.</span> <span m='128759'>That's</span> <span m='128930'>still</span> <span m='129250'>an</span> <span m='129330'>interest</span> <span m='129780'>of</span> <span m='129900'>mine.</span> <span m='132070'>I</span> <span m='132240'>went</span> <span m='132550'>on</span> <span m='132910'>to</span> <span m='133010'>get</span> <span m='133150'>another</span> <span m='133430'>degree</span> <span m='134030'>in</span> <span m='134320'>engineering--</span> <span m='135190'>environmental</span> <span m='135760'>engineering--</span> <span m='136250'>because</span> <span m='136550'>I</span> <span m='136630'>realized</span> <span m='137330'>that</span> <span m='137460'>what</span> <span m='137650'>I</span> <span m='137710'>was</span> <span m='137910'>really</span> <span m='138300'>turned</span> <span m='138700'>on</span> <span m='139030'>by</span> <span m='140140'>was</span> <span m='140620'>the</span> <span m='140820'>interface</span> <span m='141850'>between</span> <span m='142460'>the</span> <span m='142630'>environment</span> <span m='143360'>that</span> <span m='143460'>sustains</span> <span m='144170'>us</span> <span m='144550'>and</span> <span m='144990'>people</span> <span m='145550'>and</span> <span m='145660'>our</span> <span m='145830'>activities</span> <span m='146580'>and</span> <span m='146670'>our</span> <span m='146810'>waste</span> <span m='147240'>products.</span> <span m='147740'>How</span> <span m='148030'>do</span> <span m='148160'>we</span> <span m='149050'>figure</span> <span m='149680'>out</span> <span m='150120'>how</span> <span m='150310'>to</span> <span m='150430'>do</span> <span m='150640'>what</span> <span m='150870'>we</span> <span m='151110'>need</span> <span m='151370'>to</span> <span m='151470'>do</span> <span m='152430'>to</span> <span m='152760'>be</span> <span m='152920'>well</span> <span m='153360'>and happy,</span> <span m='154610'>and</span> <span m='155610'>have</span> <span m='156110'>that</span> <span m='158160'>linked</span> <span m='158730'>in</span> <span m='159270'>with</span> <span m='159430'>the</span> <span m='159560'>Earth's</span> <span m='159850'>natural</span> <span m='160350'>systems</span> <span m='160990'>in</span> <span m='161070'>a</span> <span m='161140'>way</span> <span m='161370'>that</span> <span m='161520'>doesn't</span> <span m='161810'>destroy</span> <span m='163422'>or</span> <span m='163880'>degrade?</span> </p><p><span m='164850'>So</span> <span m='165380'>I</span> <span m='165540'>had</span> <span m='165930'>kind of</span> <span m='166320'>a</span> <span m='166370'>roundabout</span> <span m='167130'>way</span> <span m='167440'>of</span> <span m='167580'>getting</span> <span m='167900'>here.</span> <span m='168290'>And</span> <span m='168410'>oddly</span> <span m='168900'>enough,</span> <span m='170100'>business</span> <span m='170820'>management,</span> <span m='171620'>I</span> <span m='171990'>do</span> <span m='172330'>some</span> <span m='172640'>of</span> <span m='172710'>the</span> <span m='172800'>budgeting</span> <span m='173660'>and</span> <span m='173890'>business</span> <span m='174500'>operation.</span> <span m='176350'>Agronomy,</span> <span m='177000'>agriculture--</span> <span m='177920'>it</span> <span m='178050'>turns</span> <span m='178370'>out</span> <span m='178530'>we</span> <span m='178650'>have</span> <span m='178770'>a</span> <span m='178830'>500-acre</span> <span m='179680'>farm</span> <span m='180210'>on</span> <span m='180360'>the</span> <span m='180430'>side,</span> <span m='180890'>which</span> <span m='181120'>I</span> <span m='181210'>manage,</span> <span m='182490'>work</span> <span m='182790'>with</span> <span m='182930'>a</span> <span m='182990'>farmer</span> <span m='183500'>for</span> <span m='184030'>products.</span> <span m='185220'>And</span> <span m='185340'>then the</span> <span m='185480'>engineering.</span> </p><p><span m='186130'>So,</span> <span m='186900'>I'm</span> <span m='187130'>a</span> <span m='187210'>big</span> <span m='187430'>proponent</span> <span m='188170'>of</span> <span m='188360'>paying</span> <span m='188880'>attention</span> <span m='189550'>to</span> <span m='189890'>what</span> <span m='190200'>you</span> <span m='190470'>like,</span> <span m='191220'>what</span> <span m='191390'>you</span> <span m='191570'>love,</span> <span m='192120'>what</span> <span m='192280'>kinds</span> <span m='192560'>of</span> <span m='192650'>things</span> <span m='193060'>make</span> <span m='193350'>you</span> <span m='193550'>excited.</span> <span m='194690'>What</span> <span m='194900'>kind</span> <span m='195070'>of</span> <span m='195140'>things</span> <span m='195410'>do</span> <span m='195480'>you</span> <span m='195650'>enjoy</span> <span m='196180'>doing,</span> <span m='196840'>even</span> <span m='197190'>if</span> <span m='197360'>they</span> <span m='197510'>don't</span> <span m='197910'>seem</span> <span m='198520'>initially</span> <span m='199190'>like</span> <span m='199490'>they</span> <span m='199600'>would</span> <span m='200360'>develop</span> <span m='200750'>into</span> <span m='200970'>a</span> <span m='201060'>career</span> <span m='201410'>path?</span> <span m='202500'>It</span> <span m='202680'>tells</span> <span m='202980'>you</span> <span m='203090'>something</span> <span m='203490'>deep</span> <span m='203890'>about</span> <span m='204170'>yourself.</span> </p>","file":{"id":346912,"video_id":"3133428922001","name":"1899-Jody-EnvironEngAustin1","duration":205915,"thumbnail_url":null}});