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How do you solve the issue of a tech-illiterate government throwing bundles of cash at the first company that sets the most unrealistic expectation at a cost th
by ljm 8y ago
How do you solve the issue of a tech-illiterate government throwing bundles of cash at the first company that sets the most unrealistic expectation at a cost that still seems 'valid'?
Half the stuff a government has contracted out for mils or bils could have been mostly implemented by small shops charging a few hundred K tops.
Unless you still believe a glorified CMS/ERP takes billions to write.
- majkinetor 8y agoIt can be solved. Gov tech people could be excluded from the laws dictating gov salaries. They must have concurrent salary. Given that, most would stay in gov I think - the domain is fantastic for serious engineers - entire country of clients, usually all domestic companies or people must be involved, most services should work 24/7, have zero downtime etc. Its as hard as it can get without being at Google and Facebook IMO. There are other ideas to solve this problem too, but let me not digress here.