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SittinOnDubsWGW · 02-16-2006, 11:13 AM

I spoke with a border patrol agent the other day for quite a while and it sounds like a pretty interesting job. I'm putting an app in with them today, and from what the agent said, it sounds like they'll be doing their testing around march-april.

I'm definitely going to have to pick up spanish though. They teach it at their academy, and it is very intensive. I think that will be the most difficult part.

Anybody on here have any friends/family that went on to do this as a career?

theMerciless1 · 02-16-2006, 11:29 AM

sounds cool.
you should put in for the canadian border though.

SittinOnDubsWGW · 02-16-2006, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by theMerciless1

sounds cool.
you should put in for the canadian border though.

All agents start out at the US/Mexico border, after they are there for a while you can transfer/be assigned to the Canadian border and also work the Gulf Coast.

hellcat · 02-16-2006, 12:56 PM

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Anybody on here have any friends/family that went on to do this as a career?

Sounds like a fun job. Shitty career though. No room for growth or development which isn't much of a "career."

theMerciless1 · 02-16-2006, 01:08 PM

even IF there was no growth within a government agency the pension and benefits alone could be worth it.

02-16-2006, 01:16 PM

Are you trying to convince a 20 some year old college student to take a dead end job for the pension?

SittinOnDubsWGW · 02-16-2006, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by hellcat

Sounds like a fun job. Shitty career though. No room for growth or development which isn't much of a "career."

Experience in my career field would be huge, that and laterally transferring from one agency to another is not uncommon.

Pay at GS11 isn't too shabby with LEAP (25% of your GS salary tacked on top) on top of it as well which unfortunately Border Patrol agents top out at, but they get there quickly.

ATF, DEA, FBI, and CIA Special Agents top out at GS13. I would eventually want to get onto one of these agencies.

Supervisory positions at any of the above agencies are GS15 positons.

Pension and benefits transfer from agency to agency without any penalites. I was told by almost everyone during my internship this past summer to "get onto any government agency you can, it's not hard to transfer, and G time is G time, so it all transfers with you."

theMerciless1 · 02-16-2006, 04:47 PM

i was thinking about becoming a park ranger the other day.

Heaven Can Wait · 02-16-2006, 05:18 PM

I was thinking about shooting yogi bear the other day.

Ugly Bastard · 02-16-2006, 06:51 PM

Aren't you in graduate school?

SittinOnDubsWGW · 02-16-2006, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Ugly Bastard

Aren't you in graduate school?

Yes.

Mars Man · 02-17-2006, 08:28 AM

Border Patrol wouldn't be my first choice if I were American but, if you can transfer to other agencies that easily then maybe it's worth a shot.

Do you get a lot of training or education opportunities there? I bet they serve tacos at the cafeteria...

Deadly Crescent Kick · 02-17-2006, 02:49 PM

you could bang hot mexican chicks in trade for "looking the other way".

p.s. wear a condom

p.p.s. for real son...

02-16-2006, 11:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
SittinOnDubsWGW I make bad decisions. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Desert Posts: 3,018 Internets: 108015	Border Patrol I spoke with a border patrol agent the other day for quite a while and it sounds like a pretty interesting job. I'm putting an app in with them today, and from what the agent said, it sounds like they'll be doing their testing around march-april. I'm definitely going to have to pick up spanish though. They teach it at their academy, and it is very intensive. I think that will be the most difficult part. Anybody on here have any friends/family that went on to do this as a career?
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theMerciless1 Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: ming\'s palace Posts: 1,495 Internets: 412	sounds cool. you should put in for the canadian border though.
	i who have nothing but the comfort of my sins

02-16-2006, 01:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
theMerciless1 Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: ming\'s palace Posts: 1,495 Internets: 412	even IF there was no growth within a government agency the pension and benefits alone could be worth it.
	i who have nothing but the comfort of my sins

02-16-2006, 01:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
DJ FC Guest Posts: n/a	Are you trying to convince a 20 some year old college student to take a dead end job for the pension?
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theMerciless1 Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: ming\'s palace Posts: 1,495 Internets: 412	i was thinking about becoming a park ranger the other day.
	i who have nothing but the comfort of my sins

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Heaven Can Wait English. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: England Posts: 868 Internets: 179	I was thinking about shooting yogi bear the other day.
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Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	Aren't you in graduate school?

02-17-2006, 08:28 AM	#12 (permalink)
Mars Man Part dork, part bald Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Brazil Posts: 291 Internets: 10	Border Patrol wouldn't be my first choice if I were American but, if you can transfer to other agencies that easily then maybe it's worth a shot. Do you get a lot of training or education opportunities there? I bet they serve tacos at the cafeteria...

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