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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/28/07 12:25
RageARC wrote:
> On 28 Sep, 04:22, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
>> Sanders Kaufman wrote:
>>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>> news:17mdnWsc0-r-OGbbnZ2dnUVZ_t6onZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>> I don't have a degree and it's never stopped me from getting a job. But
>>>> then a CS degree from the early 70's wouldn't be worth much today, anyway.
>>> Try getting a job in government or academia without one.
>>> The Chief Engineer on my ship in the Navy had a degree in dance, for God's
>>> sake.
>>> That's what qualified him as a command officer, rather than a deck-ape.
>>> A dance degree.
>> I've done it as a consultant. Taught for Washington State University,
>> for instance. And in the government, the IRS and NSA (those were
>> interesting :-).
>>
>> And even gotten a couple of Project Management contracts with the Feds.
>>
>> It can be done if you have the experience and know who makes the decisions.
>>
>
> Wow I'd love to work for the American Government :)
>
Only if you like being up to your neck in office politics, surrounded by
people who either are incompetent in what they do, or don't care if they
do the work or not. They know it's almost impossible to fire them.
It's why I don't actively seek government work.
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