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Originally Posted by WildBillyT
But in many (engineering, computer programming, and probably a bunch more) the new hire has to re-learn the basics of what they are supposed to know. Example: I have had Computer Science graduates fail the "entrance test" I decided to implement because they cannot execute a simple JOIN statement in SQL. A few of them had 3.25+ GPAs in their major. I've also had guys that don't know what recursion is. That to me is really really bad. And I'm not alone. I talk to guys I know in many other fields who feel the same way.
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It's one thing if you don't know intermediate or advanced topics. Or they can't/don't teach you what you need to know (I guess that's your case?).
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My problem, more or less, is government inefficiency and my "Russian-ness". Ex: I applied somewhere in October of 2009, I heard back from them in March of 2010, I will have an "assessment" at the end of April. Everything is too slow, but the job is sweet, so I have to jump through the hoops. Just because I'll waste, possibly, two years on this does not mean that I will get the job, as it was already proven to me. I'm sure if I grew up in NJ behind a white picket fence, I would already have what I originally wanted. But I have lived in 5 different countries, and 25+ different place, I'm also a dual citizen - all of those are not "cool" when it comes to handing out TS clearances.
On the other hand there's the private sector, which I really have no interest in, but they are efficient. I applied for a job today (10am), they got back to me today (3pm).... I will have an interview by the end of this week. But do I want the job? No.