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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another 15-10 here . . . I agree, SES just doesn't seem very attractive.  At my current middle management job I have very little scut work.  If I move up, much more (upper level) scut work and longer hours for very little pay bump.  And, my current job is pretty interesting/challenging.  Also, (to answer OP's/PP's? question) I don't feel like the window for advancement will close if I don't jump on it in the next couple of years. To the contrary, all the SESers in my agency are in their 60s - there will be numerous opportunities in the next ten years if (unlikely but never say never!) SES starts looking good.

So, OP, I guess my question is, are you sure your window will close?  I'd be surprised.  Things will inevitably pop up in a few years time.[/quote]

21:07 again... you're right, there will be many SES openings in the next 5-10 years.  Too bad, as you note, that there is so much distasteful scut work (albeit high level scut work) in almost every SES position I've seen.  I had so much independence and more interesting work as a 15/10 (with my own independent portfolio as a manager/senior policy advisor/ non supervisor) that SES would have been a clear step down/ back in many ways (other than a few more bucks a year that, luckily, I could survive without).

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