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Short answer: no. Long answer: no, with comments! This is because government is inherently risk-averse and attracts many working types who are more attracted b

Short answer: no. Long answer: no, with comments! This is because government is inherently risk-averse and attracts many working types who are more attracted by stability, consistency and a ‘safe’ job. Obviously governments are varied beasts and there are some ‘funky’, innovative, exciting departments, although in my experience they are very much exceptions. Making and enforcing rules is safe territory - in terms of being somewhat of a known state, working at exciting companies can be very much the opposite. But as some commentators have stated, cool is very much an individual angle.

nashashmi 8y ago
Further government is a place where loyalty trumps responsibility, ideas, and passion for the measly end goal of climbing the ladder, securing your rank, and succeeding when you shouldn't.
- coderdude 8y ago
  What's with all these government employees with all this loyalty?
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noxToken 8y ago
> This is because government is inherently risk-averse and attracts many working types who are more attracted by stability, consistency and a ‘safe’ job. Obviously governments are varied beasts and there are some ‘funky’, innovative, exciting departments, although in my experience they are very much exceptions. It's funny how true this is while some government jobs immediately spit in the face of these practices. More specifically, a lot of O-1 and O-2 officers are so far up their own ass that they don't realize that the stability exists because the technical side of some jobs have such a well established routine. Yes sir. We understand that you have a college degree in chemistry. We know that according to your analysis, we should do A, B, and C. But have you considered that the software we have for mapping out RF propagation has (quite literally) never failed us? Have you considered that the people who wrote this software both have a degree in the field and refined it based on real-world analysis? Also, have you considered that having us set up a re-transmission site in the middle of a firing range is bad for the equipment and bad for my chances of living to see 21? You would think that last one would be common sense, but waking up to friendly fire (explosions) at 6AM is terrifying.

nashashmi 8y ago

Further government is a place where loyalty trumps responsibility, ideas, and passion for the measly end goal of climbing the ladder, securing your rank, and succeeding when you shouldn't.

coderdude 8y ago
What's with all these government employees with all this loyalty?

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noxToken 8y ago

> This is because government is inherently risk-averse and attracts many working types who are more attracted by stability, consistency and a ‘safe’ job. Obviously governments are varied beasts and there are some ‘funky’, innovative, exciting departments, although in my experience they are very much exceptions. It's funny how true this is while some government jobs immediately spit in the face of these practices. More specifically, a lot of O-1 and O-2 officers are so far up their own ass that they don't realize that the stability exists because the technical side of some jobs have such a well established routine. Yes sir. We understand that you have a college degree in chemistry. We know that according to your analysis, we should do A, B, and C. But have you considered that the software we have for mapping out RF propagation has (quite literally) never failed us? Have you considered that the people who wrote this software both have a degree in the field and refined it based on real-world analysis? Also, have you considered that having us set up a re-transmission site in the middle of a firing range is bad for the equipment and bad for my chances of living to see 21? You would think that last one would be common sense, but waking up to friendly fire (explosions) at 6AM is terrifying.