I believe that in Ottawa, there's a negative stigma with those who are in tech and part of government because of so many of these systems. Although it's sad to see, it's not completely unwarranted. I'm about to get an early start on my taxes and Canada's tax website is a slug and spits out errors, timeouts, etc. It's been like this for years. Pressing refresh for the 4th time and it manages to load the page I want slowly becomes the tech variant of Stockholm Syndrome. I am biased, yes, and that comes from countless frustrations dealing with government tech.

Years ago, I had a past employer that would immediately toss resumes from applicants that had recent employment with the government. Yikes.