[quote=bearishgurl]Actually, yamashi, I AM a retired county employee. And btw, we WERE “the best and the brightest!”
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Please define “best and the brightest!”. Do you mean the best and brightest in San Diego? When I say best and brightest I mean the top 10-20% of graduating college seniors from top tier schools (top 25). So this would mean the majority of the workplace was composed of top graduates from places like #1 Princeton (Source US News and World Report) all the way to #25 UCLA. As opposed to San Diego State #146 and UCSD #44. When I think of companies that recruit from this pool I think of Silicon Valley for Tech, larger biotech firms in SD, Big 4 accounting firms and large consulting firms. When I think of government I think of NASA, and the FBI. I never been to the county clerks office, but I never put them in that category.