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Re:Public Money, Public Code by sonicggg on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @10:24PM (#31188147)
If it's hard enough for to tech companies to hire skilled developers, I can only imagine what the bar is for public work. They might even resort to hire some brain damaged people.
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Re:Public Money, Public Code by toomanybeersies on Thursday April 28, 2022 @01:04AM (#31188941)
Here in Australia, only citizens can work for the Commonwealth (federal) government. The end result is that, due to a lack of competition from immigrants, the public sector is basically just a jobs program for those too incompetent to work in the private sector.
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Re:Public Money, Public Code by kortilla on Thursday April 28, 2022 @05:08AM (#31190260)
The same thing happens in the US with any jobs requiring security clearance.
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