Thread by @GergelyOrosz

Althought in most of tech we're usually dismissive of how governments approach technology, an exception to this should be the UK Government.

They are building a solid engineering culture, and able to hire and retain great people solving meaningful eng challenges: 1/5

On tech conferences I met people working in the UK government. And was amazed to hear how they're pretty cutting edge in things like accessiblity at scale, digital literacy and empowering engineers.

I mean look at their statement. It starts with "platforms". They get it. 2/5

The most innovative thing about the UK government is not about the engineering practices though. It's the things surrounding engineering.

They have an excellent guide on writing technical content: gov.uk/guidance/conte… 3/5

A course on understanding technology - and how they are using it - for non-tech people and senior government leaders (!!):

gov.uk/guidance/digit…

I can count on my finger how many Big Tech has a similar course for their non-technical org leaders. 4/5

I don't know how the UK Government pulled off to make working in tech for them both cool, impactful and useful. But they did. Transformed an unattractive industry for tech workers into... attractive?

Non-tech-first companies should take note and copy. Perhaps even startups!

Two other telling artifacts:

1. Their GitHub page. Wow. github.com/alphagov (thanks @dimosr7)

2. Their design principles which are pragmatic, and rolled out across most UK Government agencies (!!). gov.uk/guidance/gover… (thanks @tugkankibar)