[stray]

I used to work with Blardo. His desk was right next to mine roughly a decade ago.

I think he's describing his own experience of his turbo-nuclear sense of curiosity. I don't think he ever seeks out status as an expert or architect - but that sometimes is the natural result of the way his brain works.

The grind is only a grind to those for whom work is not fun. And boring things are only boring when you look at them through a certain lens.