We covered all this a year or so ago when we talked about some female Fire Chief’s pension.
I’m with Texas and CAR.
Think about it – recall the recent thread where we had some sfwr engr with 10 years experience at 110k right? Or was it 120?
Now you got someone who worked 35 years and rose to a leadership position, managing LOTS of people (which is not that fun or easy) – uh, 138k is not really that much money, after taxes.
The comment about the director of IT fixing printers is laughable, sorry. Most likely that person’s job was managing managers, managing budgets, modernization plans, big capital expenditure decisions, payroll software, facilities, contractor decisions, etc. Think about it. Think about what the IT needs of all of San Diego and all its departments would be. Sheesh.
If you were given that job tomorrow, do you think you’d be running around fixing printers? Hell no, your first thought would probably be “Holy Sh*t, this job is a LOT bigger and more complex than I thought it would be”.
