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This is more in line with my experience. A friend of mine purposely sought out a job in government for the job security. He seemed to have had a rough time in t

This is more in line with my experience. A friend of mine purposely sought out a job in government for the job security. He seemed to have had a rough time in the private sector as he was always getting laid off/fired and generally seemed to never like his bosses etc. He explicitly expressed that he wanted a job where he could be comfortable working at his own pace without having to worry about performance based evaluations and such. He's now in government and seems to be doing very well financially.

mozumder 9y ago
Why are people conflating "government work" with "NSA work"? It's like saying "corporate work" instead of "Google work". State level agencies are obviously going to be low-level dreck. The NSA is completely different, and has some of the smartest people on the planet. It's intellectually lazy (read: dumb) to apply an anecdote to everything, like saying "black guy committed a crime, therefore ALL black guys are criminals". Be smart and more deliberate, instead of being intellectually lazy. I've been in enough situations, both in the corporate and government sides, to know that each situation is unique. I worked at/with large companies (Intel, IBM), medium companies (Cadence, ATI), and several small startups, along with government (NSA/other agencies). They all have their own unique properties, and I can't say "huurr durrr government employees are all lazy" when it's obvious they aren't, just by looking at what the NSA does. It's always fun to see Google introduce a new product that the NSA already made years ago...
- someguydave 9y ago
  >It's intellectually lazy (read: dumb) to apply an anecdote to everything >State level agencies are obviously going to be low-level dreck. LOL