Last fall, I was approached by the principals of a group working within Meta (formerly Facebook) with a consulting opportunity. The team is building a robot that installs fiber optic cable over existing power line infrastructure. It is a very cool project and I am excited to be joining the team. It has taken many months, however, to complete the onboarding process which involved joining the Launch Consulting Group which provides Facebook, Google, and others with contract employees and/or contract services. Today, I completed the process which included hours of mandatory training videos, paperwork, and setting up a dedicated computer for the project.