Anonymous
Post 11/04/2023 20:42     Subject: At what age did you make it to the maximum GS scale?
Anonymous wrote:I was GS-15 at 36 or 37? I'm an attorney.

+1
Started at 29, GS-15 by mid-30s
Anonymous
Post 11/04/2023 20:39     Subject: Re:At what age did you make it to the maximum GS scale?
Yuck, the idea of grade/step is so foreign to us in the private sector. But, it’s a simple low risk concept.
Anonymous
Post 11/04/2023 20:18     Subject: At what age did you make it to the maximum GS scale?
Anonymous wrote:29, at OMB there is a career ladder from 9-15 for non-supervisory program examiners so if you start as a 9 at age 24 you can be a 15 when you’re 29. It’s absurd, a big reason that OMB is so highly graded even for non-supervisors.


Wow! What kind of backgrounds do program examiners need to have? My PhD has only gotten me to a 13 in my late 30s; 15s are high level managerial leadership and high level headaches where I am).
Anonymous
Post 11/04/2023 20:03     Subject: At what age did you make it to the maximum GS scale?
29, at OMB there is a career ladder from 9-15 for non-supervisory program examiners so if you start as a 9 at age 24 you can be a 15 when you’re 29. It’s absurd, a big reason that OMB is so highly graded even for non-supervisors.
Anonymous
Post 11/04/2023 19:54     Subject: At what age did you make it to the maximum GS scale?
33. Started as a GS7.
Anonymous
Post 11/04/2023 19:49     Subject: At what age did you make it to the maximum GS scale?
Lawyers get there faster than other job series
Anonymous
Post 11/04/2023 19:46     Subject: At what age did you make it to the maximum GS scale?
42
Anonymous
Post 11/04/2023 19:46     Subject: At what age did you make it to the maximum GS scale?
Hired as 15-10 at 33.
Anonymous
Post 11/04/2023 19:36     Subject: At what age did you make it to the maximum GS scale?
Anonymous wrote:38. came in as a GS-15 step 10


So no advancement or pay increase for 20 plus years unless you leave before retirement?
Anonymous
Post 11/04/2023 19:23     Subject: At what age did you make it to the maximum GS scale?
Not attorney. Management. I think I was 42 or 43.
Anonymous
Post 11/04/2023 19:23     Subject: At what age did you make it to the maximum GS scale?
38. came in as a GS-15 step 10
Anonymous
Post 11/04/2023 19:22     Subject: Re:At what age did you make it to the maximum GS scale?
31. Attorney
Anonymous
Post 11/04/2023 19:22     Subject: At what age did you make it to the maximum GS scale?
I was 33. Started as a 9.
Anonymous
Post 11/04/2023 19:21     Subject: At what age did you make it to the maximum GS scale?
I was GS-15 at 36 or 37? I'm an attorney.
Anonymous
Post 11/04/2023 19:17     Subject: At what age did you make it to the maximum GS scale?
Anyone before age 40?