There are two attempts to render an American flag on that page and they’re both wrong
The Emoji ones top and bottom or the animated banner?
US Tech Force
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#122Did I miss congress passing a new set of laws creating the US Tech Force? I'm confused, as this seems like a direct and open violation of the Appointments Clause.
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#123>What is the expected compensation for participants? Compensation varies based on experience level and agency placement. Annual salaries are expected to be in the approximate range of $150,000 to $200,000. Benefits include health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and eligibility for performance-based awards. >Tech Force will primarily recruit early-career technologists So "early-career" but they're going to…
> Benefits include health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and eligibility for performance-based awards Paid time off??? Health insurance??? Retirement plans???? OMG this is incredible! What an offer! /s
No 401k can ever match the beauty that is the TSP.
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#124This makes feel a bit queasy for some reason https://americabydesign.gov/
I find it deliciously fitting that the UX on this website kinda sucks.
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
>Granted, these were mostly with private contractors who mirrored the GS pay scale along with their supporting government offices.
So they weren't federal jobs?
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#126Building tech for a bunch of kleptocrats and fascists. If I saw this on someone's resumé I'd immediately refuse or dissolve any involvement with them.
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#127Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
AI slop
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#128How is this different from 18F (a group within GSA which Elon killed), US Digital Service (which Elon kind of converted to DOGE) or Defense Digital Service (DDS)? Is the only difference that the current government can claim they started this (completely ignoring they dismantled the previous programs)?
Those were services, this is a force
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#129>What is the expected compensation for participants? Compensation varies based on experience level and agency placement. Annual salaries are expected to be in the approximate range of $150,000 to $200,000. Benefits include health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and eligibility for performance-based awards. >Tech Force will primarily recruit early-career technologists So "early-career" but they're going to…
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#130Why only 2 years? Why can't it be a permanent employment?
The funny thing here is that the short (often 1-3 years) tenure that's so common in the industry leads to some absolute dogshit software. Good things take time. By limiting terms to 2 years you almost guarantee that outcome.
The biggest red flag on engineering resumes is never sticking at something for more than 2 years. Your bad decisions never catch up to you.