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Fed is an easy place to work ONCE you get in. It's got to be hard somewhere, right? Easy to get a job in a fast food restaurant but the work is hard. Hard to get a cushy govt lawyer job but the work is easy, ya dig?[/quote]

Totally depends on the job and agency.  I recently heard some crazy stories about one agency where the new managers kept asking for more head count since the feds, especially those close to retirement, did basically nothing (like seriously, one guy was running a lawn service business from his cube).  My friend who worked there came in with an amazing resume (Ivy MBA, top 3 management consulting firm, etc) and was one of the new hires brought in to actually do work...she worked a ton (sometimes slept under her desk), so it really just depends.

At the agency I used to work at (which was small but high profile), there was no way you could get away with coasting.  The least productive people would probably be considered average productivity in the private sector.  Getting hired was very competitive (1000s of apps for one req, several hundred of which made it past OPM review), but for good reason...you had to work hard and be very responsible to do the job.

For the OP, I would not go back to school unless you first figure out something you want and are excited to do.  There are probably ways to get a flavor of various fields through admin type work etc (or even volunteer work depending on what it is).  If you're in finance, you're probably pretty smart and good with numbers which is at least a differentiator.  Have you considered accounting?  A friend of mine is an accountant, and she seems to have pretty great work-life balance.  I suspect you would only need to get a CPA certification instead of going back for a new degree.  You could probably even do it part-time if you wanted to set up an independent shop.

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