actually the tedium that comes with working for the Federal Government is really something to behold. i bet i won't last a year before i wave a white flag and flee to the private sector
They took nine years from me (kinda like the gangsters taking Eric Roberts thumb in
The Pope of Greenwich Village) basically all of my twenties. Merely getting hired for them was a never ending process, I actually got a notice for a piss test..scheduled at 11:45 PM! Refusal was grounds for disqualification. The fingerprint portion was surreal, it was in a vault that looked like something out of "
Get Smart" in the basement of the Federal Reserve building in Boston. I almost felt important for a few seconds. Decent pay...but soul-crushing. I'm not good at following instructions or maintaining civility under duress.
Good luck, though. Your job sounds infinitely more interesting than mine.