<story><title>Staying with the US Digital Service</title><url>https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/join-the-us-digital-service/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Matt_Cutts</author><text>Let me know if folks have any questions, but I left Google on Dec. 31, 2016.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>walrus01</author><text>What are your thoughts on the theft of the entire contents of everyone&amp;#x27;s SF-86 from the OPM?  I&amp;#x27;ve had a security clearance in the past and all of my personal info was part of the data breach[1]. Incidents like this are one of the reasons why I would not work for the federal government again, except as contractor at much higher than standard federal scale pay rate. It&amp;#x27;s just not worth it in the personal hassle to go through the intrusive background check&amp;#x2F;clearance process.&lt;p&gt;1: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;search?q=SF-86+breach+opm&amp;amp;ie=utf-8&amp;amp;oe=utf-8&amp;amp;client=firefox-b&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;search?q=SF-86+breach+opm&amp;amp;ie=utf-8&amp;amp;oe...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Second question: What level of clearance do your direct reports require? Secret? TS?</text></comment>
<story><title>Staying with the US Digital Service</title><url>https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/join-the-us-digital-service/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Matt_Cutts</author><text>Let me know if folks have any questions, but I left Google on Dec. 31, 2016.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>toomuchtodo</author><text>No questions, just a compliment. After going through the USDS interview process and declining an offer, I have nothing but appreciation for those who serve there knowing what&amp;#x27;s involved to be selected, onboarded, and what the day to day looks like.&lt;p&gt;Best of luck as your journey there continues.</text></comment>