<p>The company that first hired DH and me out of school was one of the oldest surveying/engineering companies in the country. By the time they hired us in 1986, they had started getting into environmental cleanup and had brought a lot of environmental engineers on board. In 1990, they decided to jettison all of their “traditional” engineers (structural, mechanical, electrical) and concentrate on environmental stuff 100% (DH and I were laid off the same day). Then that market started dropping off. They were bought and sold several times. The company went from 500 employees to about 40. I think they’re back to doing more traditional engineering design now.</p>