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Do you view civil service as a prestigious career?

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Originally posted by: FoBoT
no. i think it is either for the egotistical power hungry people, or the ones that can't make it in the business world
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That's a pretty narrow view of civil service. I know several civil servants in the space community ... Air Force & NASA ... who have long and distinguished careers.
 
Originally posted by: jumpr
A lot of people seem to look down on civil servants as boring lifeless bureaucrats, but I look at civil service (especially at the federal level) as a great way to actually accomplish something for the good of the country.

Does anyone else share my view?
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It really depends I think... If you are talking about a G-10+ level employee who is a serious manager or analyst in the state department or some agency... I think its a very prestigious thing.. esp because there is a certain allure or mystique to working for some of the federal agencies (not just the CIA).

Then again, there are a lot of low level clerks in the govt whose jobs are no more exciting or prestigious than any other crappy job...
 
Originally posted by: Armitage
Originally posted by: FoBoT
no. i think it is either for the egotistical power hungry people, or the ones that can't make it in the business world
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That's a pretty narrow view of civil service. I know several civil servants in the space community ... Air Force & NASA ... who have long and distinguished careers.
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come on, i was just generalizing, i am sure there are good people that work for the govt. , notfred and fausto are obvious examples. i was just fooling around
 
Originally posted by: FoBoT
Originally posted by: Armitage
Originally posted by: FoBoT
no. i think it is either for the egotistical power hungry people, or the ones that can't make it in the business world
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That's a pretty narrow view of civil service. I know several civil servants in the space community ... Air Force & NASA ... who have long and distinguished careers.
Click to expand...

come on, i was just generalizing, i am sure there are good people that work for the govt. , notfred and fausto are obvious examples. i was just fooling around
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Meh ... I've been hanging around ATOT to much. My sarcasm meter is way overdue for its 100,000 nef checkup :laugh:
 
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