jacobharr.is
Former Twitter user, but I left when it became a Nazi bar. Made the nytimes Twitter bot, worked for the NYT before moving into civic technology. Living in Takoma Park, MD and fighting for a hopeful and humane future. (He/him) More info at jacobharr.is
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“I don’t like kidnapping children but I do it anyway,” you realize that’s even worse, my dude?
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Yes, but that was the youthful arrogance of an 18-year-old, he a year of wisdom since then
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Because they were trying to attract senior software developers and it was for an excepted term (vs. the competitive service), 18F/GSA was allowed to hire straight to GS-14 and 15 (I was a GS-15 too), but most of those at least had some real-world experience in software developement
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One plausible reason why the Trump administration and Musk chased out the actual tech experts in government was that they were broadly seen as a trans-friendly group
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/skilled-te...
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Oops it’s a Renault www.motor1.com/news/710204/...
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HAZING? Oh my god
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I found out there is a Citroen EV that comes with a baguette sleeve on the passenger side and I feel so robbed we can’t import them here
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As Mike notes here, this is not a small move.
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It is unclear what skills exactly that Coristine brings to the table at DOGE besides an apparent lack of ethics and loyalty to do anything no matter how destructive it is.
Likely the same excepted terms that 18F would use (disclosure: I was hired as a GS-15, but I had 15 years of experience).
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By touting DOGE as a tech project driven by "AI-first strategies", efficiency mandates, and entrepreneurial logic, Musk handed the GOP a framework for gutting the government. Now they can use it whether Musk is there or not. As @wired.com reports, even with Musk gone, DOGE is "busier than ever."
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To shame mankind, right?