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Re: US Tech Force

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Post by selectodude »

dabockster wrote: post #106
neilv wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Before this administration recruiting was extremely difficult and candidate quality was low. I've heard that it's nearly impossible now and in the last 18 months they've only been able to hire a single person. Federal jobs used to be considered stable, with good benefits, but low pay. Now they're unstable, the current administration is actively working to make benefits worse, and the pay is still really low. Also,…

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Those people were covered in 1. Outright bad people.

Re: US Tech Force

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Post by H1Supreme »

ulrashida wrote: post #15

Figures this comes from the National Design Studio ( https://ndstudio.gov/ ) which ironically also ignores the government's own advice on web standards and correct use of identifying headers. One can assume the US Tech Force will perceive itself as also unfettered by those silly rules and good practices.

I know it's par for the course these days, but that's a lot of Js and CSS for a single page app with some text, a few images, and a list of collapsible info sections (whose animations aren't very smooth).

Re: US Tech Force

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Post by workfromspace »

I was just browsing this website and found that the jobs are actually listed at https://www.usajobs.gov I think.

The latter website, job search, job details and help center look actually nice. Unfortunately I'm living in EU and not an American citizen, but I wish EU did something similar.

(There is https://eures.europa.eu but just like almost any other EU website, the design is very confusing and cluttered)

Re: US Tech Force

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Post by Jtsummers »

alephnerd wrote: post #105
Jtsummers wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not for people with just a BS, at least outside certain areas (DC) and roles (cybersecurity). GS-12 was a more typical "target" position (with GS-13 on occasion, like at some of the labs) back in 2010. A masters or a PhD could have bumped you up to GS-13/14/15 though. Target: People typically enter, when coming out of college, at a lower grade in the GS-5/7/9 area with a target position of one of GS-11/12/13. IT (not…

> Not for people with just a BS, at least outside certain areas (DC) and roles (cybersecurity) Based on the FAQ, US Tech Force roles are located in DC (so they'll get the DC adjustment) and from the sounds of it, this proposal is the AI Washing the "Cyber Service" or "Cyber Exempted Service". Also, based on Scott Kupor's (former Managing Parter at A16Z turned head of OPM) memo [0] it appears they seem to be using the…

I was responding to someone's claim about new grads (read the comment I responded to), not about US Tech Force. The person I responded to claimed that it was common for new grads (circa 2010) to jump in at GS-14/15. That was not common.

Re: US Tech Force

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Post by alephnerd »

Jtsummers wrote: post #114
alephnerd wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Not for people with just a BS, at least outside certain areas (DC) and roles (cybersecurity) Based on the FAQ, US Tech Force roles are located in DC (so they'll get the DC adjustment) and from the sounds of it, this proposal is the AI Washing the "Cyber Service" or "Cyber Exempted Service". Also, based on Scott Kupor's (former Managing Parter at A16Z turned head of OPM) memo [0] it appears they seem to be using the…

I was responding to someone's claim about new grads (read the comment I responded to), not about US Tech Force. The person I responded to claimed that it was common for new grads (circa 2010) to jump in at GS-14/15. That was not common.

Ahh! My bad! Yea you're absolutely right - aside from PMFs who came out of grad programs you aren't see a new grad starting beyond GS7/8 in most cases.

It's also why a large portion of Gov employees end up jumping ship to professional services firms like BAH, Deloitte, Accenture, etc.

Re: US Tech Force

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Post by Havoc »

Very curious whether things are actually changing.

US administration seems to be making lots of moves and aggressively changing stance...but is this actually translating to real change?

Re: US Tech Force

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Post by ajs1998 »

torginus wrote: post #60
mxfh wrote: post #50

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New memo is one star, but compensate with 5 squares for what could be a simple rectangle. That logo's SVG is weird.

I didn't mean the logo (honestly didn't even notice). I was talking about the robot guy's t-shirt - it does have 13 stripes, but the number and layout of stars look rather play-it-by-ear.

If you scroll to the bottom there's another image of the robot with lights/dark stripes flipped. And his head is different.

This government is a joke.

Re: US Tech Force

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Post by gorgoiler »

Top level hiring is a close knit network. The FAQ I wanted to see answered: who’s onboard already, and how do I know them / how might I have heard of them / what have they done before?

I’m going to make a guess that the answers are missing for a reason.

Re: US Tech Force

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Post by cvoss »

ulrashida wrote: post #15

Figures this comes from the National Design Studio ( https://ndstudio.gov/ ) which ironically also ignores the government's own advice on web standards and correct use of identifying headers. One can assume the US Tech Force will perceive itself as also unfettered by those silly rules and good practices.

My actual first thought was "Is this a hoax?" precisely because the website did not identify itself as a US government website in the usual way for executive branch sites.

Re: US Tech Force

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Post by lumost »

Jtsummers wrote: post #114
alephnerd wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Not for people with just a BS, at least outside certain areas (DC) and roles (cybersecurity) Based on the FAQ, US Tech Force roles are located in DC (so they'll get the DC adjustment) and from the sounds of it, this proposal is the AI Washing the "Cyber Service" or "Cyber Exempted Service". Also, based on Scott Kupor's (former Managing Parter at A16Z turned head of OPM) memo [0] it appears they seem to be using the…

I was responding to someone's claim about new grads (read the comment I responded to), not about US Tech Force. The person I responded to claimed that it was common for new grads (circa 2010) to jump in at GS-14/15. That was not common.

It could be a bias in the roles I was looking at - but coming in with physics undergrad for computer science roles, that was the standard set of roles in the Boston area for defense roles. Granted, these were mostly with private contractors who mirrored the GS pay scale along with their supporting government offices.
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