He was a contractor, which is the same mistake the grandparent post makes. Yes, government employment with most TLAs requires a degree. But most government wo

He was a contractor, which is the same mistake the grandparent post makes. Yes, government employment with most TLAs requires a degree. But most government work is not undertaken by government employees -- it's contracted out, e.g. to Lockheed, Leidos, Booz Allen Hamilton, etc. Those organizations do hire people without degrees; I know this because I worked with lots of them for many years. Practically speaking, there are a relatively tiny number of actual government employees in tech, and they collaborate with or oversee a comparatively huge number of contractors.