When one speaks from experience it’s an informed opinion to be weighted alongside others. Some people thrive in government jobs. Others shrug their shoulders.
It’s one job and one experience. But the quotes mentioned apparently speak for all. That’s not the same thing.
Your job sucks or “my d hated her fed job”. “My job at fed gov sucked”. And it also did for “the 20 people I spoke with and what I interpreted what they told me”. Perhaps.
Ok.
That’s One. Two. Maybe twenty two observations which does not constitute a measurable population. It’s anecdotal, subjective and severely overstated.
That’s why it’s worse than meaningless. And for a forum built around such educated people you simply should expect better advice rendered.
The title of this thread is “Engineering - Does School Matter?”
There is no need to denigrate anybody, but it’s evident that it actually does matter, if you wish to solve very challenging, difficult problems and distinguish yourself from those doing repetitive work.
How can the depth of your education, your skills developed during your studies, not matter? Do you also think that all medical, law degrees, etc. are the same? Why should the engineering profession be so uniquely egalitarian?
If all you desire is a steady job, a paycheck, and decent benefits, then yeah any ABET accredited degree is probably enough. But, please, let’s not be so naive as to assume that any engineering degree is equivalent to every other. That defies logic, and is not my experience at all.