Hey USGS, are you earning your paychecks yet

I saw a 1976 Union Carbide Chief Electrical Engineer from New Jersey almost cry in his own office after he offered me a lateral promotion with no more money bartered in his conference with me, "Bob, we are going to make you a non-degreed electrical engineer."
_____
"I would rather be a SENIOR TECHNICIAN like Fred Scott." John Poe and Glen Deas were better electronics technicians than Fred Scott, but that tall kid from Chicago -- Dennis -- in Texas had them all beat. Anybody in Naval Intelligence that does not know where "Dennis" is in 2010 can't find the hole in the software bucket -- hacker like Mr. Anderson in the "Matrix" triology.
_____
We need Dave Sears in on this Sunda Straits ...!
_____
Geeks (whatever your discipline, we can use your ability to think on your feet so your cross training does not slow us down) , we can show the college-educated fools how productive we can be if they will just get out of our way and spend treasure on what is needed.