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> You drag yourself through a communications degree at Ryegrass State, with a B- average, and no technical training. This degree basically guarantees you an en

• solatic 9y ago
  Government bureaucracies need, more than anything else, butts in seats. The work doesn't require so much talent as it does somebody making sure that work doesn't get lost or forgotten about, and works its way through a process pipeline. Like a factory, but for paperwork. The bar is pretty low. If there's no reason to distrust you (i.e. can pass a low-level background check / clearance), and you have a college degree (to "certify" that you can read and write emails and reports in an office environment), and you can wait the amount of time it takes to get hired (because of the clearance etc.), then yeah, pretty much, the government has an enormous hiring quota and they're looking for warm bodies to fill it up.
  • upvotinglurker 9y ago
    To say a degree "guarantees" you such a job is very much an overstatement, though. (Even more so to imply a guarantee of "a pension when you retire at 65.")