You know you’re not in government sub-contracting anymore when you walk in and there’s already a big smokin’-fast Dell under your desk, pre-configured so your AD account will let you in.
You REALLY know you’re not in government sub-contracting when you’re told you will be issued a phone, and your options are the iPhone 3G or the Blackberry Bold.
And government sub-contracting is a wee tiny speck on the distant past horizon when, almost as an afterthought, they ask whether you want a MacBook Pro or a MacBook for a laptop, and the MacBook is not the correct answer, apparently.
If this job goes awry, it won’t be for lack of material resources, and you can put that on a float in the Rose Parade.