As a liberal democrat, my first feeling was outrage. Then I saw how quickly he rose in Peter Thiel's organization which is impressive. I started my career wor

As a liberal democrat, my first feeling was outrage. Then I saw how quickly he rose in Peter Thiel's organization which is impressive. I started my career working in the defense industry (an early employee at SAIC, which much later changed its name to Leidos). I saw this scenario at least twice working in that industry: someone young and without the "right kind of degree" would get hired. They had great people and organizational skills and ended up being very valuable just because they got stuff organized, then done. Kratsios may be a lacky, or a skilled organization-person. Or both.