I made it a few years on the gov side of this equation and had to quit. Like you say, there are certainly lots of bright people…but just as many (if not more) l

I made it a few years on the gov side of this equation and had to quit. Like you say, there are certainly lots of bright people…but just as many (if not more) lazy and willfully ignorant people punching the clock and keeping the money faucet turned on regardless of the quality of output, if only to pad their performance reviews (executed x dollars managing project of y size) and keep their budgets from being cut. This attitude is insidious too, as I found myself becoming guilty of the same apathy and laziness around the time I decided to break free and throw myself back into more challenging and meaningful work.