Re:The United States Digital Corps
by brimble on Friday April 08, 2022 @12:36PM
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As someone not in FAANG, I was super-interested in their remote option, since it'd have been much more like that 30% cut (for me) than a 70% cut—until I saw the weird "term of service" limitation. Half the point of taking a government job is the retirement, and stable health benefits et c. over the long haul! Taking that out of the equation ruins the value prop.
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Re:The United States Digital Corps
by lastofthemojito on Friday April 08, 2022 @12:43PM
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Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but I'm seeing this as an analog to the Peace Corps or AmeriCorps (maybe the name is swaying me there?). Something specifically for people right at the beginning of their career to have an opportunity to perhaps do something meaningful. And once they have that experience on their resume, it'll help them do the next thing.
The US Digital Corps (a new program) is meant to be for people at the beginning of their careers.
GP was referring to the US Digital Service, which is for mid- and senior-level tech folks.
Yes, absolutely correct and I should have been clearer about this, this was the (at this point) long-running USDS program, not this new thing.
The program I looked at back then read like it was targeting established professionals.
Plenty of people move from USDS to permanent civil service roles, but they do need to plan for it and apply. Your time in USDS counts towards government retirement benefits, but you can't stay in that particular position for longer than 4 years.
Ah, the language on the descriptions back when I was looking at it made it seem like you had to leave when it was up, and didn't make it look like transferring was a possibility (wouldn't you take a big cut, moving somewhere else, or do you keep your USDS GS rating?).
Everyone I saw moving to other government roles were going to equivalent or higher ratings. I'm actually not sure what the rules are if you were to go from a GS-15 position to something lower.