Number 5 sounds kind of nice, actually. I worked with Federal briefly. I was at a startup at the time, and we had this integration with the Dept. Homeland Secu

Number 5 sounds kind of nice, actually. I worked with Federal briefly. I was at a startup at the time, and we had this integration with the Dept. Homeland Security. I was young and stoked. I was the one who was going to wire everything together. It seemed really big and important. I thought it'd be a gold star on my resume. Reality was super disappointing. So much "we're working on a document for when we can give a date for a date on another document" kind of bureaucracy. I'm sure down in the deep cores of these agencies there are super bright and talented people. The ones at the edges, though.. the problem seems to be that you have to be more of a politician than an engineer to actually get anything done.