Strengthening Congressional Independence from Corporate Lobbyists
I went to a recruiting event for the United States Digital Service. It was a complete joke. It seemed to be a mix of early social media employees who had made their millions and now wanted “to give back” and government staffers. The rest of the technical staff was low quality (&amp; low paid). They made a point of telling me that I’d have to take a huge pay cut and work with out of date equipment, and deal with extreme amounts of red tape. They tried to sell it as a “challenge” but all I could see was some people from the government trying to find gullible people to take advantage.<p>At the event in SF they had stale sugar cookies &amp; bottles of water for refreshments. Several people (myself included) got up half way during their pitch and left.<p>Not sure I’d ever want to work for the federal government after that experience.