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[Xue Sheng]

Can't speak to state of NY, but in federal government it's often a matter of classification. Jobs are classified by grade. Some jobs span multiple grades but it is fixed. Many positions (including IT) go up so far and if you want a promotion, you need to change jobs. E.g. get a promotion into management or as a lead or "expert." But on the bright side, they've only just talked about maybe bringing someone in at a higher grade than you. Haven't done it yet.

I'm telling you, though, you could get on with the Fed. There are a lot of great IT jobs, and many are at the GS-12 or GS-13 level, depending on what you're doing.
I love it when this kind of thing happens. It's very stressful driving that way, and you don't really gain a lot.

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There is still 1 grade in my line left above me, and I am towards the top of that promotional list for the state. Problem is the consolidation of most IT titles under one new umbrella agency, and that seemed to slow/stop most promotions.

As for federal, if I were 20 years younger I'd be there. But I am only 7 years from retirement, should I decided to go then.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Told you all it was hot

 

[AngryHobbit]

Told you all it was hot

Oldie but goodie.

 

[jks9199]

I'm at a stop sigh at an intersection yesterday and there is a lot of traffic going by...they don't have a stop sign to pay attention to.
A Mercedes SUV pulls in behind me and starts beeping.... I can't go so I sit there and wait for the traffic to break....while listing to the dulcet sounds of a Mercedes SUV horn
I pull out and t he Mercedes comes flying out right on my bumper...then floors it, swerves around me, pulls in, cuts me off that then at the light takes a left, cutting off a truck in the oncoming lane, and heads for the highway.
I get to the light, it turns red. I stop and wait, it turns green, then I too take the left onto the highway.
I get on the highway and drive about 2 miles to where the traffic jam starts. I drive this road almost every day and I know that at certain times there will be a traffic jam...and th is is one of those times
Traffic slows...then gets slower...then stops...and there...about 6 whole cars in front of me.... is the Mercedes SUV......
I knew when he/she ran the light.... that I'd be seeing them soon

Ahhh.... karma in action...

My name has been Officer Karma a time or two on things like that. I get a laugh out of the reaction when the person blasting their horn at me to go (when it's not safe or legal for a variety of reasons) when the blue lights go on and I exit the cruiser and walk back to see what their emergency might be...

 

[drop bear]

basketball fight.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Happy 4th

 

[Gerry Seymour]

To the non-Americans out there: don't worry. We're not shooting at you, it's just the 4th of July. We've borrowed old technology from the Chinese and are using it to try to kill ourselves while drinking beer today. We do it once a year, mostly to scare the hell out of all the dogs in the country.

 

[AngryHobbit]

Happy 4th

Pretty!

 

[donald1]

 

[CrazedChris]

Happy Independence Day y'all. Make you end the day with the same amount of fingers you started with.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Goodnight MT

 

[Gerry Seymour]

Goodnight MT

Goodnight XS

 

[CB Jones]

 

[Anarax]

I just posted my 666th message and posted this one to prevent a potential curse.

 

[Anarax]

I don't know why, but this came to mind after reading your meme.

 

[Xue Sheng]

sooooo you're a tory huh........... I got the tar and feathers....now if some other poster has a rail to run you out of town on

 

[Gerry Seymour]

sooooo you're a tory huh........... I got the tar and feathers....now if some other poster has a rail to run you out of town on

And I'll go throw some tea in the creek (no harbors nearby...and the tea is actually Russian, but it's the thought that counts, right?).

 

[CB Jones]

sooooo you're a tory huh........... I got the tar and feathers....now if some other poster has a rail to run you out of town on

I Actually posted that in honor of @Tez3 And all the close friends she lost in the war for our independence......

 

[Xue Sheng]

I Actually posted that in honor of @Tez3 And all the close friends she lost in the war for our independence......

Just the kind of thing I'd EXPECT a tory to say......... I'm a heatin' up the tar

 

[AngryHobbit]

And I'll go throw some tea in the creek (no harbors nearby...and the tea is actually Russian, but it's the thought that counts, right?).

Do NOT throw Russian tea into the creek! It might be radioactive - are you crazy?