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you bring up good points. but you should also keep in mind sometimes young kids who don't know any better often do a pretty good job.

any attempt to 'do it right' is also meetings and panels and... more ways to slow down and avoid being removed. it's tough

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> sometimes young kids who don't know any better often do a pretty good job.

At greenfield projects.

I'd love examples of where young kids who don't know any better have improved legacy systems already in production.

The entire idea of 18F and USDS was that you needed to fuse {young talent} with {help navigating government requirements} to produce good outcomes. Take away the latter, and you end up with broken things.

My $0.02: Elon and DOGE are being encouraged to be publicly excessive and will then be politically blamed for any negative outcomes in 2026 or '28, if things turn south.

> but you should also keep in mind sometimes young kids who don't know any better often do a pretty good job.

At entry level positions in their field. Not at taking a damn axe to the internal workings of a government they know nothing about.

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