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Probably depends on the positions of the federal employees. The tech chief over the Voyager project might be a crusty old scientist (I don’t know… I’m just guessing) but I’ll bet he knows more about that spacecraft than anyone else on earth. If he’s still sharp, it’s probably best for him to stick around as long as he’s willing.
Yeah well. I wanted to go further in the federal civilian workforce, but even as a veteran with a degree (and advanced degrees), it felt like a glass ceiling of waiting for people to die. Our entire government is sooooooo geriatric. If we don't have younger people in the ranks and in leadership, then NO ONE below the age of 100 knows about the voyager project.
They act like they have to stay because there is no one younger to replace them, but they stifled the rise of anyone younger than them in order to hold onto that power. It is shameful how so many politicians refuse to give it up when it is clear that they have no regard for anyone's future but their grandchildren and great grandchildren being set for life because of their connections.
This. Keeping around the guy who knows everything about rockets while better in the short term, maybe, will long term result in the lower levels getting bogged down, and when the crusty old guy retires, they only have crusty old guys who will last a year or two at most to replace him.
In a few places I’ve worked we call this the “bus scenario”. You need to have as much as possible documented so if you’re hit by a bus on the way in thing can continue. In the private sector I’m less incline but in government we absolutely should have things setup for the bus scenario. And if so it shouldn’t be too difficult to do mandatory swaps. Might even make it easier, you’d be able to plan knowledge transfers easier.