If you could change ONE thing about the US

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JohnnyMarko

what would it be?

give america back to the original americans.

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

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Remove - Sovereign immunity.

Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.

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wolfriverjoe

******I'd like to see everyone take pride in doing their job well.

I like that one...

Thread de-rail, but what do you all think of my generation (call it...25-30) in terms of our work ethic?

I'd call it about the same as any other. Some are amazing, some are really good, some are so-so, some are pretty bad, some are really shit.

I would agree, and I would like to clarify my original comment wasn't directed at an age group. Looking back over the last year a few positive examples come to mind (older than me, about my age, and younger than me respectively.)

Last February I was driving to ORD in a blizzard on I-294 after MDW had completely shutdown cancelling my original flight. I hadn't driven that stretch in years, so when I got to the first tollbooth, I asked the attendant how many more tolls there were between there and O'hare to make sure I had enough cash. So she tells me and then makes sure I had enough change and told me which booths to save the quarters for so I could stay further left at those and avoid having to make a dangerous merge. All with a smile.

Last May I was managing an IR&D project at work, part of which involved FPGA development. I brought a guy onto the team to develop the VHDL for it and after I had met with him once to talk about what I was hoping to accomplish, who comprised the rest of the team, etc. he went off and lined up lab space to do the work, test equipment, and even got a developmental board with the model FPGAs I wanted to use on it that another program no longer needed. Basically all the logistics to support his part of the effort done without me even having to lift a finger.

Last August I was flying out of Glacier. I had already checked my bag, and when we were going through security my wife realized she had a big bottle of syrup we had bought in her carry on. When the TSA guy took it out I said, "ah crap we should have put that in our check bag..." and he said, "Oh, you checked a bag? come with me." So he walks back with me to the ticket counter (given it's a small airport), goes into the back, gets my checked bag, and lets me put the bottle in it and then go back through the security line.

I have more stories but this post is already getting long. I would also like to point out my comment was not just directed at "grunts." Pride in doing your job well as a manager also means making sure the people that work for you get recognition and sometimes that means sticking your neck out to get them a raise or to help them move to another project they would enjoy more even if you'd benefit from keeping them on your team.