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> Working for the government doesn’t pay as well as a big company in Silicon Valley. We don’t get any free lunches. Many days are incredibly frustrating. All I
by iblaine 10y ago
> Working for the government doesn’t pay as well as a big company in Silicon Valley. We don’t get any free lunches. Many days are incredibly frustrating. All I can tell you is that the work is deeply important and inspiring, and you have a chance to work on things that genuinely make peoples’ lives better.
Pretty easy thing to say when you already have millions in your bank account.
- tobltobs 10y agoWithout millions in in your bank account you wont be starving working for the USDS either.
- ganley 10y agoStarving, no. But making a lot less than you could make elsewhere.
- bdcravens 10y agoI don't think Matt was speaking to his personal decision alone, as much as making a transparent recruiting pitch.
- dkhenry 10y agoAs someone who doesn't have millions in his bank account, I can tell you that everything Matt is saying applies to us poor folk too.