> The most common new employee is someone hired for their potential, with experience much more highly valued in the private sector. This makes a lot of sense i

> The most common new employee is someone hired for their potential, with experience much more highly valued in the private sector. This makes a lot of sense if the state of the art inside the agency is sufficiently ahead of that outside - experience would be in the wrong stuff. It might also make sense if they want to pretend that is the case.