Except that isn't explicitly true. West point and the navel academy are some of the most prestigious universities in the entire country. The fundamental differ

Except that isn't explicitly true. West point and the navel academy are some of the most prestigious universities in the entire country. The fundamental difference between these things lies in the fact that a lot of government work comes with higher levels of responsibility and ownership in terms of the way in which you want to do your job. There's tremendous demand to join things like the US foreign service officer program because as these people move though their career, there's basically an unwritten promise that they will have a legitimate impact on US state department policy for the countries they work in. Something that will only really ever be true in the world of government enterprise software work if you're the PM.