But that depends on the government’s success in luring great people to revive the dead zone of government IT.
In my experience, that's only a part of the problem - good people usually don't stick around for too long (since they don't want to deal with the inertia and other difficulties of this environment).
Also, I take issue that only "great people" can be found in Silicon Valley - for example, I recently developed a web application for the government (as a contractor) that's modern, mobile-ready and which uses MongoDB.
>'In my experience, that's only a part of the problem - good people usually don't stick around for too long (since they don't want to deal with the inertia and other difficulties of this environment).'
In my experience, the worst danger of sticking around in Government is the appearance of being 'part of the problem' when it comes time to move on.
In my experience, that's only a part of the problem - good people usually don't stick around for too long (since they don't want to deal with the inertia and other difficulties of this environment).
Also, I take issue that only "great people" can be found in Silicon Valley - for example, I recently developed a web application for the government (as a contractor) that's modern, mobile-ready and which uses MongoDB.