That was my entry into public service. I spent 37 years almost 39 when you count unused sick leave as a Federal civil servant, with 21 of those years as a member of the Senior Executive Service SES.
Along the way, I also spent a year as a staffer in the Senate on a congressional fellowship, became the youngest career member of the SES in the Pentagon, and was elected a NAPA Fellow, the latter in In my current job, one of the things I worry aboutโindeed, lose sleep overโis the cybersecurity threat our country faces, especially from other nation-states like Russia and China and their proxies.
Most young people these days want instant gratification, and that is hard to come by in American public service.
But it takes a lot of patience. Not really. I got that from one of my earliest mentorsโa grizzled old civil servant boss who taught me more than I could ever imagineโwhen, as a young and idealistic government employee out to change the world, I expressed frustration to him over how hard it was to get anything done.
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