Completely unimpressive. I worked for years in the Healthcare tech field for one of the few tech startups that actually experienced some success. My experience taught me that they are the industry closest to the government in their ineptitude with technology. So it’s a good fit for Atlanta and a great move for Dan Smith, who is no doubt thinking about retirement.[/quote]
I looked for the part that said he spent most of his time fixing printers. I didn’t see it. I see a guy with a masters from Georgia Tech and a long career managing projects and people.
Yeah his bio is not my cup of tea, but clearly he looks like a pretty common exec. In the private sector he’d quite likely be senior enough to get stock options, perhaps a lot of them. From his (or similar folks) point of view, they should be thinking, “How am I going to provide for my retirement?”. In the private sector you have 401k’s/stock options, in the public sector, a pension would be part of your calculations when deciding whether (and how long) to work there.
35 years is a LONG time. I don’t begrudge the folks having a retirement, especially if they had nothing to do with the terms of the pensions they receive. Again, they don’t have the 401k or stock option opportunities that some of us have.
Now, regarding the folks who actually set up these unsustainable pension benefits, especially if it benefited themselves, yes, I have a big problem with them.
