Extremely high. I knew enough to run rings around people 3 or 4 levels up in my chain of command. I was THE credibility with our major "client" and was the only one who could translate what they were saying so that my superiors could understand it and make intelligible decisions. I set up the program, tweaked it as necessary and could have done the job on quarter time. The massive bureaucracy and inefficiency of the organization would not allow that to happen. Must be at your desk at specified hours (despite the full work-on-the-road technological enablement in place), must complete the pointless 8 page form in triplicate, must sit through pointless and excruciating conference calls every day, must be on-site on the road for weeks at a time even though 90% of the work could be done at my desk/home, etc.
As for my not giving a flying reproductive act level the last year...