NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy

Re:NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts,... by davkan on Friday April 25, 2025 @04:17AM (#43791398)

The public sector is about service. It’s not emotional attachment that keeps these employees there to the end, it’s a sense of responsibility. There’s no higher calling keeping you at your B2B SaaS company.

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Re:NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts,... by standardUser on Friday April 25, 2025 @04:34PM (#43798239)

The public sector was about service. Then we elected Donald Trump twice. I wouldn't want to be the last idiot carrying water for a country that rejected my service outright.

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Re:NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts,... by refurb on Friday April 25, 2025 @11:51PM (#43800791)

The public sector is a job for most. They aren't working at the government because of some higher calling (though some might).

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Re:NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts,... by davkan on Saturday April 26, 2025 @02:21AM (#43801366)

Higher calling might be the wrong phrase, but generally I find that people who work for the forest service etc feel more responsibility for their charge than people making widgets.

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