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[quote=Anonymous]OP, for whatever it's worth, I just got a non-supervisory 15 (attorney) position at a new agency after 5 years at my original agency, where I started as an 11 out of law school.  I rose up to a 14, step 3, but I wasn't going to wait two years for another (step) increase, and the General Counsel passed me over for an internal 15 opening.  So I basically told them that this wasn't going to happen again, and that I'd take the first 15 offered to me, whether it was there or somewhere else.  And it happened to be somewhere else, off a regular USAJobs posting.  It probably helped to have some broad, generally-applicable skills (i.e., not excessively focused on over-specialized "mission-related" legal niches where you have no option to go anywhere else), litigation experience, a publication record in my field(s), and good performance reviews.  And of course it takes a little luck.  I know a lot of people waited/wait a lot longer than 30 to reach grade 15, but I was determined to look out for myself and not be one of them.  If you have to go somewhere else to get what you want, then do it.  For whatever it's worth, I'm much happier at my new agency anyway, not to mention better paid.[/quote]

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