A little bit more: I was military for a few years, worked the private sector for a while where I moved up incredibly fast, came back but never maxed the Thrift until I was 30. I am now a Fed, GS-13 level, with no desire to move up.
I am comfortable with my job. I have no willingness to manage/supervise for the tradeoff of less job options and not enough pay to offset the added responsibility or teeth to do anything meaningful about underperforming employees and poorly designed information systems.
Plus, I hate dressing up. I come to work in jeans and a polo shirt every day and that's just fine.
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