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Re:Staying with the US Digital Service by toomuchtodo on Thursday January 19, 2017 @12:05AM (#13433175)
No questions, just a compliment. After going through the USDS interview process and declining an offer, I have nothing but appreciation for those who serve there knowing what's involved to be selected, onboarded, and what the day to day looks like.

Best of luck as your journey there continues.

Re:Staying with the US Digital Service by Matt_Cutts on Thursday January 19, 2017 @12:20AM (#13433235)
I'll pass that feedback on--thank you!
Re:Staying with the US Digital Service by nowarninglabel on Thursday January 19, 2017 @01:18AM (#13433518)
I'll tag on here to compliment the usds.gov/join site. Great job at outlining everything upfront to make it easy for people to figure out if it's right for them. Might lift some inspiration from it. And thank you for serving!
Re:Staying with the US Digital Service by ganley on Thursday January 19, 2017 @09:52AM (#13436207)
Totally agree. I'm inspired by what they do, but working there would involve a big pay cut and a punishing commute, so (with some sadness) nope.
Re:Staying with the US Digital Service by vonmoltke on Thursday January 19, 2017 @12:46PM (#13437671)
I don't want to be too negative here, but I had the opposite experience. I didn't like the little bit of the process I actually got to experience, did not get a good feeling from either the job description or the one interview I had what the USDS is actually looking for, and found the canned rejection email to be a bit condescending.
Re:Staying with the US Digital Service by Matt_Cutts on Thursday January 19, 2017 @01:25PM (#13438084)
Just wanted to say sorry that you had a bad experience. Would you mind if I asked when you applied and went through the process? I'm curious whether your experience was a recent bad one.
Re:Staying with the US Digital Service by vonmoltke on Thursday January 19, 2017 @01:50PM (#13438378)
It was eight or so months ago. If I recall correctly I got the interview because someone here flagged my application.