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Re:Fish Out of Water: The Military Is an Impossible Place fo... by master_crab on Sunday October 13, 2024 @04:20PM (#41831232)
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.

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Re:Fish Out of Water: The Military Is an Impossible Place fo... by generic92034 on Sunday October 13, 2024 @04:53PM (#41831496)
But 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.
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Re:Fish Out of Water: The Military Is an Impossible Place fo... by Aeolun on Sunday October 13, 2024 @07:09PM (#41832557)
There’s thousands of companies you can hop between, but there’s only a single military. They need to have good career progression.
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Re:Fish Out of Water: The Military Is an Impossible Place fo... by relaxing on Sunday October 13, 2024 @07:26PM (#41832656)
You could probably switch militaries once, but it gets tricky.
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Re:Fish Out of Water: The Military Is an Impossible Place fo... by bigfatkitten on Thursday October 17, 2024 @05:56PM (#41874222)
It can and does happen, usually with a few years doing other things (and gaining citizenship in a new country) in between.
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