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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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