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by dnesting 1y ago
You can change what IP addresses it uses: https://tailscale.com/kb/1304/ip-pool
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by dnesting 10y ago
Government is not a place where modern collaboration tools thrive. This has less to do with "broken IT" (though that's part of it) and more to do with the government's unique legal, oversight, and compliance burdens, an
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by dnesting 10y ago
The projects in which we are most successful are those where we have been able to quickly bring a lot of relevant experience to the table, not just knowledge and skill.
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by dnesting 10y ago
This was written not long after USDS was founded, and I recall thinking even then that many of his comparisons were not entirely accurate. The comments you read here are going to be more complete and up to date.
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by dnesting 10y ago
There exist people that are happy to take a personal statement and attribute it to the author's employer to score political points at the author's expense. When I use this disclaimer it's chiefly for my own benefit.
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by dnesting 11y ago
Hi, really sorry that you feel this way. Delays on the order of a few weeks aren't unexpected at this point, but we shouldn't have people that have been waiting for a response of some kind for much longer than that. We're s
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by dnesting 11y ago
I'm really sorry about your experience. In many ways we're still a fledgling startup. We don't trust the regular federal government's hiring process, which means we have to build our own from scratch, so we have our ow
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by dnesting 11y ago
The broader USDS family is focused on delivering better services. But one area we're starting to focus more on is policy itself. One thing that struck me about the federal government is just how little internal harmony there exists b
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by dnesting 11y ago
Yes, the USDS HQ team is part of the White House which means you have to be a US citizen. 18F is part of GSA and they have more flexibility in hiring. Agency Digital Service teams are being hired directly into various agencies, and each a
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by dnesting 11y ago
If I (as a software engineer) want to improve the way IT works in the government, can you suggest a better use for my time and skills?
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by dnesting 11y ago
Why do you put it that way? Everyone serving in military takes home a paycheck, but that doesn't make them mercinaries. The top tech talent that we aim to attract to USDS often can make far more than these salaries staying in the priv
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by dnesting 11y ago
It is an explicit goal to create lasting Digital Service teams in every federal agency specifically to ensure longer projects (those that actually involve (re)building something) have long-term support. Generally the short-term engagements
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by dnesting 11y ago
The simple answer here is that government agencies are funded by congressional appropriations and salaries are regulated. The "government" may be rich, but that doesn't imply that it's easy to pay people market rates, a
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by dnesting 11y ago
Don't assume that every piece of dysfunction you see can't be fixed. Many of these systems are mind-bogglingly complex and can't be replaced in one go. It seems entirely reasonable to me for a system undergoing modernizatio
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by dnesting 11y ago
We're pushing for short-term engagements for a variety of reasons, but the big one is that the people that we want to attract most are people that already have nice jobs at companies with great pay and perks. It's hard enticing t
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by dnesting 11y ago
Congress decides how the executive branch is paid and how it should use that money. Free food and other "free" perks run afoul of that.
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by dnesting 11y ago
Super sad to hear this story and we've circulated some of these comments internally within the USDS. We know the hiring process is backlogged and isn't very transparent. Please keep in mind we're still operating like a start
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by dnesting 11y ago
Hi Daniel, thanks for your perspective. My own perspective: There are amazingly smart people working in government, and even working for many of the contractors commonly cited as examples of The Problem. Many of these individuals are not e
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by dnesting 11y ago
The USDS is recruiting federal employees, not contractors. Base salaries can be competitive with typical engineering positions in Silicon Valley. The big difference is the inability of the government to pay anything equivalent to stock&#x