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Re:Fish Out of Water: The Military Is an Impossible Place fo... by ozim on Sunday October 13, 2024 @06:26PM (#41832242)
But military doesn’t and shouldn’t retain talent.

You should go there for 5-10years if you are a poor shmuck so they train you, get some value from you and that’s it.

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Re:Fish Out of Water: The Military Is an Impossible Place fo... by relaxing on Sunday October 13, 2024 @07:19PM (#41832608)
What the hell, man. How would any entity function if the institutional memory was 5-10 years tops?
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Re:Fish Out of Water: The Military Is an Impossible Place fo... by ozim on Monday October 14, 2024 @06:08AM (#41836008)
People hand over the knowledge all the time. It is not like everyone quits at the same time.
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Re:Fish Out of Water: The Military Is an Impossible Place fo... by bigfatkitten on Thursday October 17, 2024 @06:21PM (#41874391)
The military's staff retention is relatively long. 5-10 years is an eternity in a tech company, and very few people hang around that long.
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Re:Fish Out of Water: The Military Is an Impossible Place fo... by relaxing on Saturday October 19, 2024 @03:36PM (#41890133)
Maybe in the FAANG/SV startup bubble where the companies have barely existed that long to begin with. Apple has lifers. Microsoft even more so.
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Re:Fish Out of Water: The Military Is an Impossible Place fo... by FpUser on Sunday October 13, 2024 @06:36PM (#41832330)
>"if you are a poor shmuck"

Sounds like you are really proud of your military. Well it might reflect how the things really work anyways. They should put it on their recruitment offices: "if you are a poor shmuck - come to us"

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Re:Fish Out of Water: The Military Is an Impossible Place fo... by Aeolun on Sunday October 13, 2024 @07:20PM (#41832616)
I’m really happy that my military is a team of professionals that are there because they want to be.
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Re:Fish Out of Water: The Military Is an Impossible Place fo... by ozim on Monday October 14, 2024 @06:12AM (#41836030)
Most of 18-25 year olds are poor shmucks. Ask around who has their own apartment at 20-something and what their prospects are.

Military is one of valid options to improve their lives .

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