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Why do they not have a remote work option?
by eikenberry 10y ago
Why do they not have a remote work option?
- Matt_Cutts 10y agoSome of the USDS agency teams do have a remote work option. For example, the Defense Digital Service operates out of the Pentagon, but they have remote folks in Boston, New York, and Colorado.
- eikenberry 10y agoGood to know. I was just going on their hiring page (linked to at end of blog) which said you'd have to relocate to DC.
- dkhenry 10y agoIf your considering applying ( which you should be ) I would implore you to relocate, while its a major sacrifice you will be more effective in person that you could ever be remotely
- spoon16 10y agoI live outside of Seattle. But nearly all of the work I do with USDS requires me to be physically present. So I travel a lot (4/5 days a week). You aren't going to find a badly broken technology project in the Federal Government that is able to leverage remote people effectively.
- eikenberry 10y agoI'm a developer and devops guy. If I have to be physically present for anything, something is very wrong.
- spoon16 10y agoI agree with you. Most of our work is on projects where something is very wrong.
- zacharycohn 10y agoOn many of these projects, something is very very wrong. That's why USDS/18F are there. If everything is going peachy, we could be spending our time better, elsewhere. *18f employee
- dnesting 10y agoGovernment 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, and a lack of modern collaboration tools that can accommodate them. The projects in which we are most successful are also not projects where people can easily contribute remotely. Some agency teams allow remote work but the jury's still out in my opinion as to whether these people are as effective as others.
- johnward 10y agoIs the travel paid for by the USDS?