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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One problem I've seen with a subset of MITRE folks - they spent many years doing very highly specialized work. And they became true experts at it, hard workers, good resources for that work. But the work was so specialized that it isn't performed broadly outside of very tiny areas of the government, I'm talking single units of 10-15 people. And, other more general skill sets suffered. So now if they have to go looking for a new job, they're kind of screwed. [/quote]

At least the subset of those folks working on STEM problems for IC/DoD customers do have multiple job options, because the work still needs to be done and Joe or Jane Random cannot do that work.

I have heard of one case where the government moved some project funding from MITRE to another non-profit for FY26. The government also quietly told those individuals the government wanted to keep where to send their CV.  Long term customers often know which individuals are really doing critical work and which are really non-essential.

The people working in a STEM niche might have fewer job alternatives (maybe 4-6 rather than 20), but they do have other job options and likely they know some people at those other places.

If their specialized skill is not (very) technical, then that is unfortunate and their outlook is more cloudy.[/quote]

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