> Then the average time for a lot of hiring outside of getting "bridged in" is 9 months or more I recall someone I hired had also applied for a government job

> Then the average time for a lot of hiring outside of getting "bridged in" is 9 months or more I recall someone I hired had also applied for a government job while completing his degree. They called him back a little more than a year after. Of course, his salary out of college was 4x what they were offering but can you imagine what candidate the government ends up with? The people who are still looking for a job in tech a whole year after graduation…