In 2023, defense tech recruiter Peterson Conway VIII pulled up to the offices of nuclear fusion startup Fuse in a black Suburban, donning his signature cowboy hat. He picked up a recent Fuse hire and proceeded to regale her with stories of his old recruiting days. One story involved prostitutes attending a recruiting event (“not for sex,” Conway clarified to TechCrunch). The new hire was not happy. “I thought I told it in a funny way,” Conway sighed, admitting he was being “an a–hole.” Fuse foun...