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Ask HN: What have the USDS and 18F accomplished so far?
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Re: Ask HN: What have the USDS and 18F accomplished so far?
#2They've found a way to source programming work for a dollar.
Re: Ask HN: What have the USDS and 18F accomplished so far?
#3They hired him:
https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015 (https://archive.is/NU6PZ)
I'm surprised you could pull cheap bullying like that and get hired anywhere afterwards, it's pretty much a tell you'd stir up drama somewhere else.
Re: Ask HN: What have the USDS and 18F accomplished so far?
#4They hired him: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015 ( https://archive.is/NU6PZ ) I'm surprised you could pull cheap bullying like that and get hired anywhere afterwards, it's pretty much a tell you'd stir up drama somewhere else.
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I never understood how things got so low or why people make a big thing out of these things. The person making the pull request, who was later hired by the 18F, was doing this to show how virtuous he was.
Yet, it showed a huge ignorance and ethnocentrism to the fact that other contributors on the project speak english as a second language. One of the developers being criticized first language is a gendered language [1].
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_gender
This would make me a bit afraid to seek employment at 18F. It leaves me the impression you could be picked on or mobbed for completely innocent things.
Re: Ask HN: What have the USDS and 18F accomplished so far?
#5Have you visited their website? Right on the main page is a link to their projects, "Learn more about what we're building and how we're doing it.". Links to https://18f.gsa.gov/dashboard/ with over a couple dozen different government projects they're involved with.
Re: Ask HN: What have the USDS and 18F accomplished so far?
#6Have you visited their website? Right on the main page is a link to their projects, "Learn more about what we're building and how we're doing it.". Links to https://18f.gsa.gov/dashboard/ with over a couple dozen different government projects they're involved with.
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Re: Ask HN: What have the USDS and 18F accomplished so far?
#7They've found a way to source programming work for a dollar.
What is your comment about? Is it all volunteer work?
Re: Ask HN: What have the USDS and 18F accomplished so far?
#8They've found a way to source programming work for a dollar.
What is your comment about? Is it all volunteer work?
They were experimenting with reverse auctions on software contracts, and the first contract went for $1. http://www.brendansudol.com/writing/18f-micropurchase/
Re: Ask HN: What have the USDS and 18F accomplished so far?
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
What is your comment about? Is it all volunteer work?
They were experimenting with reverse auctions on software contracts, and the first contract went for $1. http://www.brendansudol.com/writing/18f-micropurchase/
Looks like the person who won that reverse auction did a follow up here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10570069
Re: Ask HN: What have the USDS and 18F accomplished so far?
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
They were experimenting with reverse auctions on software contracts, and the first contract went for $1. http://www.brendansudol.com/writing/18f-micropurchase/
Looks like the person who won that reverse auction did a follow up here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10570069
Yes, that was linked to in the comment you're replying to.