The thing I find most exciting about this is volunteering to volunteer software engineering capacity to NY. I hope you’re able to source more opportunities like that.
I have a hypothesis that a lot of young software developers would love to do something like the US Digital Service[1] if they could do it remotely. Some of the young software engineers I work with make enough money in a couple years to take a couple years off (which they then proceed to do) but they are also seeking a bit more meaning than that life can maybe provide.
I dream of helping states create their own USDSs. If anyone has any feedback on this hypothesis, I’d be curious to hear it.