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Yup. 95% pay. 5% antiquated culture. There are some aspects of the military culture that are a bit anachronistic, but it’s minor compared to the pay and the ca
by master_crab 2y ago
Yup. 95% pay. 5% antiquated culture.
There are some aspects of the military culture that are a bit anachronistic, but it’s minor compared to the pay and the career progression problems the military creates. It forces an up and out system where you can’t continue doing what you’re good at for increasing amounts of pay.
- generic92034 2y agoBut is that not also a common issue with many IT companies? The technical career path is short and the higher levels on that path are already supposed to work more on powerpoints and meetings than on code.
- Aeolun 2y agoThere’s thousands of companies you can hop between, but there’s only a single military. They need to have good career progression.
- relaxing 2y agoYou could probably switch militaries once, but it gets tricky.
- bigfatkitten 2y agoIt can and does happen, usually with a few years doing other things (and gaining citizenship in a new country) in between.