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It is a high impact high volatility opportunity. It’s not for everyone. If you can’t pass a drug test or a SF86, or need a ton of income, it might not be for you. But it is for some. Accept it for the tour of duty it is. Instead of an equity lottery ticket, you’re getting paid to improve public goods at nation state scale. We all seek different comp.
It's just rough that the richest country in the world provides such a negative incentive for working in the public interest. I fully accept that government work won't be a lottery ticket type opportunity but asking people to sacrifice serious income for a max of four years without getting to participate in pension, etc that other government work allows and is a _real_ incentive is just wacky. (Maybe I'm out of date o…
It would be totally possible to properly fund this over funding defense as much as we are. It would also likely greatly contribute to efficiency and cost savings if things like our IRS or healthcare or even parks could operate like they do in Japan for example.
Its worth asking ourselves why the offices that serve us, the citizens, on the daily are constantly underfunded to the point that the work is not rewarded in financial, social, or career oriented ways.