[tacticalDonut]

I've tried pitching similar roles in Government on the DoD side of the house for knowledge workers like Software Dev and Data Scientists.

It's hard to get traction though when the folks making the decisions feel threatened that a 25 year old is going to be making the same as them and be the same "rank".

I think part of the solution needs to be creating it on a separate scale than GS, similar to an SL or ST position, but geared specifically towards knowledge workers. That's a solution that would probably require congressional involvement though...

[Mauricebranagh]

Probably not going to work for 25 year old junior developers at the more senior levels you need to be aware of the political side.

But its is a problem your not going to attract many B+ candidates if your so far behind industry.

About 3 years ago one uk org (I wont say which one) tried pitching people on linked in I got the pitch and so did a mate who's ex military he laughed and said "not on those poverty wages"

[tacticalDonut]

Yeah, the problem is that the US Government is trying to hire developers in at GS11 positions (~$72k salary in high cost of living area).

Never going to get good junior devs at that price point. Don't get me started on security clearance requirements in addition to low wages...

The fix is to provide competitive wages, but the politics of it is difficult.