I failed in getting into USDS which I attribute to lack of experience (US Digital Corps solved this) so I ended up in a standard private-sector SWE job. Got some exposure to electoral politics and did a tech policy…
throwaway to speak more freely. FWIW I kicked the tires on this recently and am your age. The government is also big onto "tours of duty" so I think there is little harm in trying it out for a year or two and moving on…
I failed in getting into USDS which I attribute to lack of experience (US Digital Corps solved this) so I ended up in a standard private-sector SWE job. Got some exposure to electoral politics and did a tech policy…
throwaway to speak more freely. FWIW I kicked the tires on this recently and am your age. The government is also big onto "tours of duty" so I think there is little harm in trying it out for a year or two and moving on…