18F staffers joined the government to make a difference. Most of which likely joined from industry forgoing very lucrative salaries to be the government’s internal tech consulting team. One thing they shipped that the government hadn’t shipped in a long time was the IRS e-file service to the chagrin of the big tax filer companies.

So I assumed in the post that they are capable, mission driven, loyal, hard working (to navigate the government takes dedication) folks that any company and team would benefit from.

AND they were cut not for merit or bad performance but for political reasons by the meme-lord-turned-carnate Elon for dubious reasons.

All of that has me thinking that we as a community should give them a break — in doing so we only would be benefiting ourselves: we’d get new employees and coworkers who are eager to get back to employment who have all those attributes I mentioned above.

Of course the market for jobs is tough as it is. Now with all these federal employees being cut from all parts of the government now likely looking for work in the private sector means competition for roles is only going to get worse. I get that. I feel for all job seekers. You were right to challenge me. Maybe my enthusiasm was unwarranted. It’s just now you know my thinking.