Where to begin? I was hired as a Network Engineer for the AEGIS Modernization program in San Diego. After accepting the job offer, it was unpleasant surprise after unpleasant surprise. Turns out, I was working for a subcontractor under Lockheed Martin. Not that I have any moral qualms about that, but rather, I knew going in there were going to be some serious issues with organization and structure based on what I'd heard about Lockheed from others. Also, the job would require going to the naval base on 32nd street every day. If you haven't been to 32nd street or don't know what it is, it could best be described as hell. There's only a few gates open at any given time, parking is a serious problem (you know this is true because the base CMC denies it), and the amenities on base? What amenities? Also, our building had a rat problem. That's always nice.
The long and short of my experience working here is that I was ping ponged between a teacher who didn't teach and a manager who didn't manage. Despite being told that I could do anything I wanted working on the project (a nice way of saying "your actual job has already been done by the seniormost person on the project"), I was also being told that I had to prepare to become THE lead network engineer within a matter of months. The person who was supposed to be training me was, to put it lightly, disinterested in doing so. I stayed late after work one day to avoid sitting in the hellacious traffic of leaving at the same time as active duty and overheard her say as much. As a brand new employee who's being set up for failure, I did what any reasonable person would and decided to leave. InDepth themselves weren't responsible for most of my issues, since the supervisors were all on the east coast anyways, rather the Lockheed employees who couldn't figure out what to do with me.
In summary, this job was the Navy without the uniform. Being told conflicting things by different people, expected to simply shut up and do it, and with just as much if not more politicking to determine who takes the blame in case things don't go as planned. This job was, unfortunately, a colossal waste of time for me. I don't even have it on my resume because I can't say I actually did anything. This is just scratching the surface of the absolute dysfunction going on at AMT, so needless to say, I don't recommend any position related to the program to anyone.
