Comment by bgwalter
3 months ago
It is part time, they get a high rank immediately and will facilitate purchases from Palantir:
https://www.wsj.com/tech/army-reserve-tech-executives-meta-p...
This is just another part of the revolving door that also enables ex generals to get board positions at Lockheed. This time it is the reverse way.
Given that McKinsey ruined the German army, let us see whether this will even improve anything.
McKinsey generally ruins most things they touch. Engineering is a different field that McKinsey may claim it has expertise in but has none. Most McKinsey roles are high responsibility and low accountability. Nobody really cares whether their recommendations have worked long term as long as the CEO makes their bonus in the next 6-8 months.
With this I'm not sure what the goal is. If it is to change the process heavy culture of the pentagon to be more automated I'm hopeful. Yes, there is a revolving door between pentagon officials and the prime defense contractors. But I think that is currently a symptom of how the pentagon works, as in, you need to understand the process AND how the product will be used.