Well it is official. July 31st will be my
last day at the IRS. You know, I am glad. Sometimes I feel like I have
a big torch and the bridge is made of straw. All I have to do is lower
that torch and burn a bridge. I won't say anymore but I have learned a
big lesson: Avoid working for the government at all cost. Seriously.
No one is ever happy. Ever. Even contractors. Even subcontractors like
me. I am called a "sub". I am a hired gun. I am supposed to be a man
who works only for profit and not for being part of anything. Now I
could talk about how everyone is incompetent but I won't. I could talk
about excessive spending and employees who get paid to do nothing but
I won't. I won't talk about million dollar hard drives that you can
get at Best Buy for $500. I won't talk about it taking a team of
people just plug a machine in. I won't talk about employees that
"work from home" when they have no work to do. I definitely won't talk
about taking an entire year to document a system that could have been
built in that time. I won't talk about how admins can't even change
directories on their machines. I can't talk about having to rewrite
software that is already made because it is not approved, turning a
$300 piece of software into $20,000 for development. I can't talk
about contractor's not getting the IRS involved in the work, thus
ensuring the budget will be cut. I can't talk about the prejudice
subcontractors get from Lockheed Martin like when they say they frown
on subcontractors, or about the prejudice subs get from the IRS when
they think you could quit at any time. I can't talk about how the
contractors all make the same amount of money even though some bother
to show up and top performers are lied to about money. The fact is,
the only reason I have stayed is the money. Making $87 an hour is
pretty sweet. As I am now going to 0 an hour I bet I will be much
happier. There is always talk about things getting started again in
October and what could happen would be like the last time but I am
done. No more. I am through with this all. I am going to get funding
for RideSearch. I am going to run things the right way and we will
dominate.

And that is all I don't got to say about that.