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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I left a tenured government job in a field I'd always dreamed of working in. I loved the work while I did it, but the foreign service supervisors cycled in & out, some were great, some were horrible, a handful were probably untreated, mentally ill. The unpredictability of who would come next, the pending fulfillment of promises from boss 1 as boss 2 came in only to start from scratch again. . . . it just wasn't a winning career proposition.

So I left for the private sector, have been here for a year, and am happier than I can ever recall being in my work. When your whole career has been public sector, everyone you work with advances by knowing how to navigate the system. Leaving the system, and all its safety nets, for the unknown was pretty scary. I was definitely afraid I might regret it once I was out, and I was afraid that I might not be able to get back in once I was out. But I have to say, now that I'm on the other side, I only wish I'd made the jump sooner. [/quote]

I am thinking of making the jump from govt IT/data analysis is to a big data startup. Was that the kind of jump you took? Nervous as I'm the breadwinner for family but want to get above GS15 and actually have enough money for college retirement etc. maybe even a real house instead of our condo. [/quote]

I'm more on the analytics side than the tech side, but data analysts at my firm are in high demand, and we recently lost a large chunk of them to competitors who were paying them 50% more. So I can only imagine that you'd have no trouble getting something that pays GS15 levels, with the ability to earn more soon. Startups have their own set of risks, as I'm sure you know, but if you do well there, there are plenty of big firms looking to bring in more of "startup culture" so if you can take on the risk, why not? Sounds exciting. [/quote]

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