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Former network engineer that went into management. My email is in profile if you would like more candid guidance than I can give on a public forum. 1. Not real
by johngalt 5y ago
Former network engineer that went into management. My email is in profile if you would like more candid guidance than I can give on a public forum.
1. Not realistic, but not outside of normal for an management infrastructure/ops position. What you are writing is what you hope for, but sometimes it sends a red flag to potential applicants. The worry many high level people have is that they will be turned into the 'do everything' person. Trim a few of the less directly related requirements off of the description (e.g. Microsoft certification).
2. Yes... but also No. There are a lot of people who push through their careers collecting credentials and turning it another rung on the ladder. Chances are you will get a rosy candidate at some point, who will put in two years of aggressively spending your budget to inflate their resume and then move on. Not that a majority of people are this way, but the filters are set in such a way that this is what you are likely to end up with.
3. Other comments will say 'pay more', but it will be difficult to meet market rates for this skillset when working with local governments. If you can't get approval to raise the comp, instead try to split this role up into a team. Governments won't pay one highly skilled person 250k, but they will pay four people 80k, and one manager 120k.
4. Politically? Find someone with pull, and make sure that it's 'their idea'. Something that they can put on their win list.
Procedurally? Don't boil the ocean. Handle it iteratively. Start with commercial areas and new housing developments. White-glove your initial smaller install and it will create the broad demand from the community to expand it.
Love what you are doing. Hope this helps.
- imajoredinecon 5y ago> Governments won't pay one highly skilled person 250k How can we change this? As a taxpayer, I'd be perfectly happy allocating some of my tax dollars to pay efficiency wages in situations like the one in this post, where hiring someone with specialized skills can save the community millions of dollars.
- elil17 5y agoFor the federal government, at least, there are highly paid scientific positions. It’s called the “ST” (scientific and technical) pay scale, it can go over $200k and has nice bonus opportunities too ($25k at the discretion of OPM and 35% at the discretion of the president). However, there are only 470 of these positions in the whole government. Congress allocated the positions through the budget process, so call your representative and suggest they approve more (you could also mention SL, the non-STEM version of ST). Agencies are always asking for more senior-level headcount, the limiting factor is what Congress will approve.
- goodpoint 5y agoGovernments can pay $$$ to contractors and companies without much fuss. Just don't get hired as an employee.
- dreamcompiler 5y agoPay seems reasonable to me. Los Alamos is very inexpensive by California standards, and it's an absolutely beautiful place to live. As long as you're not planning to commute from Santa Fe, house prices seem pretty good. https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/1-_beds/?searchQueryState=%7B%22pagination%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22usersSearchTerm%22%3A%22Los%20Alamos%2C%20NM%22%2C%22mapBounds%22%3A%7B%22west%22%3A-106.62592176611767%2C%22east%22%3A-105.4938067708467%2C%22south%22%3A35.40081917367902%2C%22north%22%3A36.70275661133985%7D%2C%22filterState%22%3A%7B%22beds%22%3A%7B%22min%22%3A1%7D%2C%22ah%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Atrue%7D%7D%2C%22isListVisible%22%3Afalse%2C%22isMapVisible%22%3Atrue%2C%22mapZoom%22%3A9%7D https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/1-_beds/?searchQuerySt...