[quote]johnnytang24 wrote:
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
[quote]johnnytang24 wrote:
[quote]Legionary wrote:
Great post. The government of the most powerful nation in the history of the world surely doesn’t have any need to employ the most incredibly brilliant, qualified, or experienced individuals does it?[/quote]
As someone who has done work for the government at the State level, they most certainly are not looking for the most incredibly brilliant, qualified, or experienced individuals. I’m sure it’s even worse working for the Fed.
Here’s what I’ve learned:
Rule #1 is and always has been: don’t rock the boat. That great idea you have? Keep it to yourself. Nobody wants change, nobody wants to work an iota harder than necessary, and no one wants you to make them look bad by doing more.
Rule #2: don’t break Rule #1.
Rule #3: Dot your i’s and cross your t’s. Even when projects come down to the wire, you better have all the documentation ready. If that means take a year to asses the scope of a project, so be it.
Rule #4: Don’t step on toes. Don’t do anyone else’s job. Don’t even think about doing anything that might make anyone else look bad.
Rule #5: Get signoff. Whether it’s for a tech doc, implementation plan, design plan, hours, bathroom break, you’d better have a signature authorizing it.
Nobody with any passion for their work should want to work for the government. It’s soul sucking bureaucracy at its finest.[/quote]
I have been self employed for close to 30 years in Property Management , you can apply those same rules
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Then that’s an environment you developed at your company. I’ve worked for a fair number of companies. Some are like that, others not. I have not seen pencil pushing and gross mediocrity like I did working for the State though.
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No i did not develop any such thing . I do not know if you have been a vendor for Corporations . There are advantages and disadvantages . Vendors fit into a niche , if you don’t you will not be a vendor .