Oh, this was just perfect in so many ways. I just recently rewatched S1 with my roommate (getting her hooked on Teh Crack) and I remember being struck by a comment of Jim's, maybe even from the pilot episode, about (paraphrasing here) how he never wanted to be promoted because that would mean it was no longer his job but his career and if that were the case he'd have to go kill himself. Hm.

(I love that one book of Eggers's, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius--I guess that makes me pretty lame... :/ )