Systems Engineering: The longest con
Pros
More money than I've ever earned anywhere else. Being able to work from home is great!
Cons
Zero technical involvement with anything. I could do this job just as easily as if I was still in high school. This job is all about boring paperwork that is just going to change and need to be redone in a few months. Work has no meaning or relevance. People are not interested in speeding up their tedious, repetitive tasks. This job is all about trying to make yourself look like you have a lot of responsibility and influence rather than actually getting anything done. There is no incentive for management to remove problem employees. The more heads they have, the more they can bill the government. There is like <10 people on my program that do actual engineering. The other 100 people just poke those people and ask them why they're not done yet and when they think they'll be done, and this is re-hashed EVERY week.
