[andy58-in-nh]

2.4% --> 1.8%
That's a 25% error! Man, wish I had a job where I could get away with that level of slop.
Good thing is, we probably aren't paying them what they are worth in the private sector.

Tell me about it. I've worked in the financial services industry for 25 years and was just laid off for the third time. I am told however, that in spite of my credentials I am "unqualified" to work for the Federal government because I lack a PhD. If I had one, it seems I could get away with making predictive errors in excess of 6 standard deviations.

[immadashell]

6 standard deviations

Even in Left World there are only 4 distinguishable deviations: heterosexual, white, judeo-christian and Conservative.

[schm0e]

Tell me about it. I've worked in the financial services industry for 25 years and was just laid off for the third time. I am told however, that in spite of my credentials I am "unqualified" to work for the Federal government because I lack a PhD. If I had one, it seems I could get away with making predictive errors in excess of 6 standard deviations.

Feel your pain. Was doing a little walking down memory lane and realized that the least prosperous times for a white boy on Wall Street were when Reagan and Bush Jr. were not president.