June 18, 2014
Getting Out of your Comfort Zone
Software development in the government sector has gotten quite a bit of press in the past few months, from the botched rollout of Healthcare.gov to the revelation that the appointment booking system for the US Department of Veterans Affairs hasn’t been updated since 1985. These stories have reminded me of my own experience as a government programmer, and why it pushed me to always work hard to improve my thought process as a developer.