Personally, I'd classify jobs such as reporting and clerical administration more as 'admin' then IT. You do some of that as a SWE (tickets, SoW, Design docs) but that's not generally the focus of the work.
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I was more thinking from a system design/security standpoint...I haven't heard anything about any senior/experienced engineers being used for anything atm ...
Enough that I'm wondering how many are actually real, as opposed to ghost jobs, scams, etc.
It must be truly chaotic atm with everything from dept. renames/new mgmt to time limited 'buy out' offers...
Also, there may not be 'check and balances' but there is certainly procedure - which seems to be why lawsuits were filed. Specifically it appears around: "whether DOGE is a presidential advisory commission obeying federal transparency rules about certain practices, such as disclosure and hiring" and "alleged violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which requires that "the advisory committee have a fair balance in viewpoints represented, that they do not meet in secret, and that their records and work product be made available for public inspection."
Anyway - guess we'll see how it plays out - but I wish there were some more clear cut explanations about
However, I can't say "Govt by good ole boy network" seems proper - and its really hard to figure out what power/limits/check and balances for all this is... Musk basically took over the IT arm of the executive branch ("U.S. Digital Service") - not sure how that allows him and other people without clearances access to secure data, or to make spending decisions for other groups..
That doesn't give Musk or DOGE authority over it, any more then the dept. of the Interior can control what gets paid..
Either way - I thank them for all their hard work, and hope they enjoy whatever comes next! :-)
source: my uncle was an ATC during the strike. I believe he was a shift lead/supervisor and was NOT part of the walk out. He was appalled at how bad the replacements were and was going crazy trying to get them up to snuff.
Stratus was pretty nice - I liked VOS :-)
/jk
Always was a bit of rivalry between them (at least with Wall St. data centers)
And remembering stuff 30 years later so you can be one of the last 10 people left that remember it. I figure COBOL should make a nice lil side hustle when I retire :-P
what was it ?? 48 hours before MS had to take them down ?
The backup mail spool is nice too...
all in all - not the cheapest - but worth the piece of mind in my book :-D
Personal Note: I really wish boards with a 'thumb-ball' would get a bit more popular. I'd love something like a dactyl but they are pretty niche atm.