| ▲ | polski-g 2 days ago | |
If you've ever worked on a government contract, you would know there are not and have never been A's on the government side. | ||
| ▲ | acdha 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
This is not and has never been true as a blanket statement. Contractors perform to expectations just like in every other sector of the economy, so variation is high, just like in every other sector of the economy. I’ve seen both high and low-performing teams in .com, .edu, and .gov and there’s nothing magic about any sector: you get what senior management sets the incentives to get. The NSA gets really good hackers because they don’t leave that to chance, just like how NASA or MIT hire really good scientists and engineers, and the places which just trust the big consulting companies usually get taken to the cleaners. | ||
| ▲ | pas 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |