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by wslack 10y ago
Yeah, I've certainly seen some of that. Hopefully, though, we can share and spread ideas, if not exact policies.
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by wslack 10y ago
No. I love all of my colleagues, but we don't claim to have superpowers.
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by wslack 10y ago
18F and other groups in government offer a great potential for impact, but we don't have the same flexibility in compensation policy because of universal federal rules. Speaking personally, I think there's a lot of room for policy
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by wslack 10y ago
:) Thanks! I also work at 18F, but not directly on cloud.gov. Govtech is a huge market, and I wouldn't expect any individual effort to turn the entire ship. Hopefully, though, we can provide a space to experiment and build with modern
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by wslack 10y ago
(I work at 18F but am speaking personally). I would point out this FedScoop article that discusses how the OIG defines "data breach:" http://fedscoop.com/18f-slack-gsa-ig-oauth-20 > situations where persons oth
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by wslack 11y ago
In this case, developers are the end user population.
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by wslack 11y ago
> But the job term is capped like a contract job. I work at 18F, but am speaking for myself here. Pay rates and length of service are both tied to existing rules for federal employment. The advantage of being part of the government (and
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by wslack 11y ago
I appreciate the feedback, and I don't consider 18F to be "highly PC" (at least to other places I've worked). I guess personally, while "guys" is a common term, it doesn't seem like a truly gender neutral
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by wslack 11y ago
I learned "y'all" in grammar class. English was invented without a 2nd person plural pronoun, so the South fixed it for y'all.
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by wslack 11y ago
I work at 18F, but am speaking for myself. It takes about a minute to add a Slackbot response, and posting the article helps us attract better candidates by showing our commitment to a good working environment.
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by wslack 11y ago
That sounds more like politics to my ears, FWIW.
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by wslack 11y ago
May I recommend: https://18f.gsa.gov/tags/our-projects/ (I work at 18F)
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by wslack 11y ago
18Fer here. Is this in regards to a bounty program or putting out specific microtasks?
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by wslack 11y ago
My point is that the other bids offer some support to the concept, regardless of the final bid and PR.
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by wslack 11y ago
There were plenty of bids before it dropped to $1 (Note: I work at 18F)
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by wslack 11y ago
Quoting the blog post on the the $1 bid: "It was a plot twist that no one here at 18F expected. This unexpected development will no doubt force us to rethink some of our assumptions about the reverse-auction model." * I work at 18
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by wslack 11y ago
<3
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by wslack 11y ago
We have doc stuff here: https://docs.cloud.gov/
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by wslack 11y ago
<3
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by wslack 11y ago
I would be curious where this impression came from, as someone that works at 18F. Here's more info on how we came from the Presidential Innovation Fellows program: https://18f.gsa.gov/2015/03/20/one-year-
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by wslack 11y ago
https://www.quora.com/U-S-Federal-Government/What-is-it-like... https://pages.18f.gov/joining-18f/ (I also work at 18F, and I highly recommend it)
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by wslack 11y ago
It also is a natural defense against ossification.
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by wslack 11y ago
> They want someone there to hold their hand and help make it work, forever. If "it" is part of the core work of the agency, shouldn't that agency learn "how to fish" and develop that capability?
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by wslack 11y ago
> as far as I can tell, the data isn't sliced by major In reading some of the surrounding commentary (as an 18F'er who was only tangentially involved with this project as it also posting personally), it looks like data by major
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by wslack 11y ago
The nature of education is that it's always been an investment. Many jobs require a certain amount of preparation and training, and a college degree helps to make the case of preparation for a variety of jobs - and leads to specific tr
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by wslack 11y ago
We are trying to change that; I'm curious what else would have been a better choice for presenting that info: https://medium.com/@USDigitalService/under-the-hood-building...
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by wslack 11y ago
I think work permits and green cards are separate things.
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by wslack 11y ago
I would disagree with that in the abstract. Delays in workflow can be addressed, or at least surfaced, by better back-end tech and reporting, and 18F's repos are public on GitHub.
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by wslack 11y ago
It's sometimes genuinely hard not to sound cheesy when discussing my work in DC (moved here a few months ago). :) Here's another piece on this sort of work with a different tone but the same message: https://medium.com
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by wslack 11y ago
The reason for the four-year cap is tied into the legal authority used to hire most people at 18F. Government jobs work a little differently than what most of us are used to in the private sector.

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