If you’re on a government contract, it’s quite likely you’re exposed to all sorts of opportunities for wrong doing, even as a technical worker.

Try talking to a retired government worker for juicy stories some time (there are three generations of tech workers in my family, and all of us have done government work or contracting since the 1960s).

This is why government workers and contractors have to take so much anti-corruption training (I’ve never been subject to this in any purely private sector jobs).