A surprising number of people today seem to think that they were the first to say "There is no such thing as a career path, it's crazy paving and you have to lay it yourself" I know two things for certain. It wasn't me that said it first and I first heard it more than 20 years ago. Whoever did say it first was remarkably prescient. In the private sector portfolio careers, with a number of major changes to direction throughout a long working life and having more than one skill set at all times so that flip-flopping from one activity to another on a daily basis, have become common place. But is this approach to work and work patterns accepted in the local government arena?