[Cogadh na Sith]

I’m 42 and the youngest in my profession in my office. I don’t plan on sticking around and waiting for someone to die though. Within a year or so I hope to be somewhere else earning more money than anyone in my current office.

Yeah: I'm going to work for some other defense industry....

[TKDietz]

Well there is more than one company involved in our defense industry, and there are other non-defense industry engineering jobs out there where your skills would be useful. Sounds to me like you’d rather just stay where you are and complain about your present condition and hope and pray that enough people above you die so that you can finally move up. It’s really hard for me to feel sorry for you. You are not powerless. Either move onto something bigger and better or stay where you are and quit your complaining. Your attitude sucks. It probably shows in your work. Fix it or be miserable while you decrease your chances of ever moving up in your field. If you really want to stay where you are, accept the fact that it is not likely that you will move up anytime in the near future and live with it. Don’t complain about it. Nobody wants to work with a whiner. Those in charge don’t want to promote people with bad attitudes. Life’s hard enough without having to work with jerks and whiners. Improve your attitude and your life will be better all around. You’ll be happier in your work, your coworkers will find you a better person to work with, and those above you will be more likely to pick you for the better slots when they open up.