Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Our central government continues to call for technical talent while not changing the culture of the workplace. Some still believe in fairy tales.

The past President spent two terms asking for tech talent from places and industries that had tech talent to come to Washington D.C. and the Federal workplace. The current President continues the same call.

“Come here and serve your country!”

Side Note: there will be no changes in the culture of the Federal workplace. Don’t worry, you’ll adapt to it.

Second Side Note: Fairies will visit nightly and sprinkle fairy dust here and there to sweeten the deal.

One More Side Note: There are no fairies. There is no fairy dust. Fairy tales are fairy tales, not reality.

Typical Federal Government Decision: Should we perform a one-person-hour task? Let’s hold series of meetings that consume 100 person-hours to decide. That way the decision will be spread over a large group of persons and no one will be held responsible.

And some wonder why young, bright, talented persons with technical skills are not coming to the Federal workplace.