[vinhboy]

As someone who used to work in government contracting, this comment is so freaking true.

The whole thing about contractors is so spot on. The only slight difference I would add is that the contractors will NOT hire the best talent, they will hire whoever they can to fill the position, for the cheapest price, so they can claim to have fulfilled their RFP.

It's a dead end.

[donmcronald]

I haven't done much, but anything I ever deal with that involves the government and contractors is the same. The contractor has an astronomical margin and, in addition to not hiring the best talent, they don't care about their employees and have a high churn rate.

These are also the same ones that are super eager to have AI replace their (unappreciated) employees. They don't care about quality at all and as long as they fulfill the contract with something barely working that's all that matters to them.

I predict things are going to worse and worse when systems don't work. Having failures in critical institutions that are life altering for the people that are unlucky enough to be the outliers is going to become the norm IMO.