Hello all. Need some advice from you all. I know this typically is not the place to ask for it because you get the gauntlet of answers from truth to cynicism but here it goes…

If you were close to maxing out would you put in for detective and/or wait to take the corporal’s exam (cause your chances are moderate to good) or max out then try later?

I am going back and forth over the two primary schools of thought being max out first then promote because they might stop giving them out (steps/raises). The other being you never turn down a potential promotion because you will never know if or when the window of opportunity will happen again.

What do y’all think?

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