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Re:The City of Seattle Accidentally Gave Me 32M Emails for $40 by jaaames on Sunday October 21, 2018 @09:59AM (#18267984)
True, but consider some folks are content with a 38 hour week, may have automated large chunks of their job, and find the demands of working for a big public sector organization far less than that of a similar role in a private sector tech company.
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Re:The City of Seattle Accidentally Gave Me 32M Emails for $40 by zifnab06 on Sunday October 21, 2018 @02:50PM (#18269466)
This is something I argue with myself a lot about. I work as a software engineer for a large non-tech company. They pay well, but I could easily go to a tech company and make 20% more. Except...well, in 18 months I've never had to work more than a 40 hour week. I can totally see the appeal of a government job.
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Re:The City of Seattle Accidentally Gave Me 32M Emails for $40 by tvanantwerp on Sunday October 21, 2018 @10:57AM (#18268267)
If you can manage that, sure, sounds pretty good. But I doubt that's the case most of the time. None of the Feds I've had the chance to talk to sound like they're slacking off.
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