clueless Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 C O C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 A bunch of cocs in a closed contour is a circle jer.....oh, never mind. I was waiting in line at the bank reading the thread and tears ensued..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Has this forum been taken over by South Carolina (Game-Coc) fans or something?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 A bunch of cocs in a closed contour is a circle jer.....oh, never mind. I'd so love to be in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeSuck Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I'd so love to be in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowershoresadness Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Yup, that's exactly the face I imagined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I'd so love to be in the middle. Oh...my! Yup, that's exactly the face I imagined. I guess we're not talking about the Euro... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Today, I was offered a phone interview with a really respected organization on Friday and I'm honestly bricking it already. It's been nearly ten years since I've had an interview, so I'm so out of practice. Eek! I also have a lunch meeting with another company next week. Fantastic small business doing some really interesting work, but I'm not nearly as nervous about that. Probably because it's a much more relaxed and less formal process. Maybe I need a job making government cheese... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Good luck with the interviews. Why in the world would you want to take a pay cut in gov? Unless you're really in it for the snow days. Thanks! Given the state of contracting nowadays, moving to GS may actually be a step up in pay. Plus there's the stability and excellent benefits. It's just not that easy to make that move from private to government. Snow days help. That said, there are some great companies/organizations out there that still treat their employees well. Both of my current opportunities are with places like that, which might be why I'm feeling a little wobbly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Thanks! Given the state of contracting nowadays, moving to GS may actually be a step up in pay. Plus there's the stability and excellent benefits. It's just not that easy to make that move from private to government. Snow days help. That said, there are some great companies/organizations out there that still treat their employees well. Both of my current opportunities are with places like that, which might be why I'm feeling a little wobbly! Good luck with the interviews. I've been on both sides of it (private sector (with two diff. companies) and a few years with the Government). I went back into the private sector a few years ago. Certainly pros and cons to both of them - its all about weighing your options and determining where you fit the best, whats best for your career, and what also makes the most financial sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanatos_I_Am Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Someone else said it perfectly about a different storm. If tonight's runs bust, the Potomac "will be running red with the blood from all the Weenies jumping from the Arlington Memorial Bridge". Myself included. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourseasons Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Someone else said it perfectly about a different storm. If tonight's runs bust, the Potomac "will be running red with the blood from all the Weenies jumping from the Arlington Memorial Bridge". Myself included. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I'm a man and I can deal with model variations a week out without going overboard if I have to I guess (Reference: The Man's Prayer from the Red Green Show) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanatos_I_Am Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Standing by. She's calling Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Good luck with the interviews. I've been on both sides of it (private sector (with two diff. companies) and a few years with the Government). I went back into the private sector a few years ago. Certainly pros and cons to both of them - its all about weighing your options and determining where you fit the best, whats best for your career, and what also makes the most financial sense. Thanks, man. I really appreciate it. I agree that there are benefits to both, but I don't honestly don't have any GS prospects right now, and since I'm already in the private contracting world, it only makes sense to stick to it right now. But like I said, both opportunities are fantastic ones, and I honestly don't think it's a case of the grass being greener, especially since the prospects for the follow-on contract coming up are less green and more mud. Sounds like you've had a great perspective on both sides. It's a strange world...government and its associated contractors. We're in a cycle now in which the government is being incredibly short-sighted in how it develops RFPs and awards contracts, and I have no doubt that the pendulum will swing the other way within the next decade. It's just that us poor souls are on the roller coaster with barely a seatbelt to be found. Exhilarating ride, but always a bumpy turn from being out on your ass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Someone else said it perfectly about a different storm. If tonight's runs bust, the Potomac "will be running red with the blood from all the Weenies jumping from the Arlington Memorial Bridge". Myself included. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/47849-pd3attempt13since2003-tracking-the-threat-of-the-presidents-day-storm-feb-15-16-2016/?view=findpost&p=3975310 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanatos_I_Am Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/47849-pd3attempt13since2003-tracking-the-threat-of-the-presidents-day-storm-feb-15-16-2016/?view=findpost&p=3975310 Bah got the wording and bridge wrong. That had me dying lying in bed when I saw it. Well played Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I did a 6 year stint of financial services contracting for the SBA, HUD, and CMS. I had opportunities for permanent positions with the SBA and HUD. I turned them both down. I've had some regrets. When the financial crisis hit, my mortgage company was destroyed while some close friends who opted for the Government direction never missed a beat. Government positions are not at safe as they used to be they are definitely anchored with concrete in comparison to what can happen in the contracting and private sector. Years later I'm pretty happy where I am now but I still wonder where I would be had I chose the public route. There is no right or wrong answer though. I personally don't fit into the public employment atmosphere. It's not my style but there are many positives for those who succeed there. My post offers mattie no advice. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanatos_I_Am Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 GFS has me starting my car. If the GGEM is bad I'm on my way to the bridge. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dailylurker Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 GFS has me starting my car. If the GGEM is bad I'm on my way to the bridge. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Way to early early to dive face first off the bay bridge. I'd wait a few days before you put the car in park for the last time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichmondTarHeel Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 The 00z GFS just shat on my already terrible night. Staying up sobbing waiting for good news on the Euro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanatos_I_Am Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 The 00z GFS just shat on my already terrible night. Staying up sobbing waiting for good news on the Euro. Ensembles Ensembles Ensembles! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichmondTarHeel Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Ensembles Ensembles Ensembles! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Got any Ensembles that know how to call a time out when down by 1 with 10 seconds left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Got to love that big shifts of L tracks on GFS. Up the Ohio valley and over our heads per 00z run, now out to sea per 06z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 Got to love that big shifts of L tracks on GFS. Up the Ohio valley and over our heads per 00z run, now out to sea per 06z. 12z will have the low over Cuba, 18z will then show it over Hoboken. Consistency Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 The operational gfs sometimes seems to become nothing more than a tool to highlight its different ensemble members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I love the public service aspect of gov. We get s**t on a lot, but it's still worth it most of the time. I'm young and dumb enough to not care about money right now, and as a result I just do what I can to make things better. It's an amazing feeling when you know you've helped a person who had no other place to turn. I could have made a money run after law school but I had no interest fighting to win rich people more money and power. Maybe that's changing a bit as I start to think about settling down, but for now it's fun being at the center of the action. Next few weeks/months are going to be huge (or not) because of recent events. I did it the other way around (started in the private sector then jumped to government). I never thought I'd leave my private sector job but now, 7 years in, I am super pleased with my choice. The opportunity to have a tangible, positive impact on peoples' lives and (effective use of) taxpayer dollars is a greater reward than managing to profit & loss and shareholder value. For me, anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowershoresadness Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 hoping for more snow chances before march madness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 My wife is a GS, but in the medical field so she's in a bit different boat than others (sometimes for the better, usually for the worse). I've been a gov't contractor for over 10 years. Some days I really miss the private sector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 My wife was a fed and decided to test the waters on the other side as a contractor. She got paid, but they had her doing stuff well below her level of expertise and she got disillusioned pretty quickly. She jumped right back in when she got a shot at a GS15, so everything worked out fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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