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A job for the government, specifically. 18F is the (outgrowth of the) team that overhauled healthcare.gov. Presumably it's an altruistic open source programmer
by rory096 11y ago
A job for the government, specifically. 18F is the (outgrowth of the) team that overhauled healthcare.gov. Presumably it's an altruistic open source programmer willing the help out the government without pay.
https://18f.gsa.gov/ https://18f.gsa.gov/
- vessenes 11y agoI think it might be a programmer trying to troll the bid system, and willing to code (or "lose their bid on acceptance criteria").
- rch 11y agoA company doesn't need to be purely altruistic to 1) publicly contribute to an open source project and 2) effectively 'win' a government contract. Given the simplicity of the task in question, one could choose to take it on as a reasonable business development expense.