He might be, yes. Or it might have something to do with how his prior criminal experience was with a street gang, where rank and authority is something you don't *ask* for, but assume by demonstration of your abilities.
In any case, Speedwagon technically *wouldn't* be the first to be promoted without directly requesting it. When I asked to be be promoted to Beta, they said that my work was good enough, but they wanted to wait until I was here longer and gave me a material reward instead, albeit a nice one. Two months and three operations later, they told me when I'd asked for a material reward for my latest that they were promoting me instead.
Basically, you can ask for a promotion after the first time you pull any extra job outside that already required of you as a Grunt--whether on your own initiative or as part of one of your teammates' plans--but they almost certainly won't give it to you on your first. It *is* possible to make Private on your second, if you show enough initiative. After that, it won't matter how many jobs you pull off for them. They won't award you Beta until you've been here for six months--but if you want to be promoted soon after those six months, I'd advocate pulling off those extra jobs anyway.
(By the time I made Beta, I'd been part of nine operations above and beyond what was required of me. Three of them I assisted Dirk or Carly, our other Betas, on. Two of them I partnered with someone else for the planning stages. Three of them were planned and led by me, with assistance from one or two others. And one was done by myself alone.)
Anyway, yes, humans do tend to pretend we're above it. We're not. But we have a tendency to buy into our own hype as a species--but then, don't most species?
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In any case, Speedwagon technically *wouldn't* be the first to be promoted without directly requesting it. When I asked to be be promoted to Beta, they said that my work was good enough, but they wanted to wait until I was here longer and gave me a material reward instead, albeit a nice one. Two months and three operations later, they told me when I'd asked for a material reward for my latest that they were promoting me instead.
Basically, you can ask for a promotion after the first time you pull any extra job outside that already required of you as a Grunt--whether on your own initiative or as part of one of your teammates' plans--but they almost certainly won't give it to you on your first. It *is* possible to make Private on your second, if you show enough initiative. After that, it won't matter how many jobs you pull off for them. They won't award you Beta until you've been here for six months--but if you want to be promoted soon after those six months, I'd advocate pulling off those extra jobs anyway.
(By the time I made Beta, I'd been part of nine operations above and beyond what was required of me. Three of them I assisted Dirk or Carly, our other Betas, on. Two of them I partnered with someone else for the planning stages. Three of them were planned and led by me, with assistance from one or two others. And one was done by myself alone.)
Anyway, yes, humans do tend to pretend we're above it. We're not. But we have a tendency to buy into our own hype as a species--but then, don't most species?