Considering my 9-to-5, which bricklayer I am most like depends on who asks me what I am doing.

Immediately I think about a coworker stopping by my door with that very question. In this scenario, I am the second bricklayer: "I am cleaning up last week's logs for a clean report.

If a friend of a friend asks me about my work, I am the first bricklayer, but the banality of my response is to imply that I would very much appreciate not talking more about it: "I train and oversee students, and I do a little data work."

If a friend asks, I am the third bricklayer: "I'm still there--working at an institution I don't trust to complete a mission I don't believe in." In a sense, I'm building prisons... for the innocent.

With that said, looking forward to reading about your cathedrals.