[ClearCase_guy]

I'm prepared to believe that the Advance Team for some hot upcoming politician has access to sweet technology, and knows how to use it. I bet they're fast and dynamic people. They know Big Data. They are masters of social media. I bet many millennials would thrive in that kind of environment.

And that describes about 0.05% of federal jobs.

Most of the federal government seems to be staffed by 55 year olds who miss Windows 95 and wish they had one of those exciting jobs over at the registry of motor vehicles.

Sclerotic? Hidebound? Risk averse? Unambitious? Yeah -- that's your federal workforce. It costs $4T a year and does almost nothing useful.

Why would a millennial sign on for that?

[Salvey]

Sclerotic? Hidebound? Risk averse? Unambitious? Yeah -- that's your federal workforce.

Yes, and they also have a certain "look" about them.