What it is like to be a federal employee in 2025

What it is like to be a federal employee in 2025

I remember driving with my father down Rockville Pike in Bethesda, Maryland as a little girl. We would pass a large campus of impressive buildings called the National Institutes of Health. I told my dad I would work there one day. He said no, that place was for doctors and scientists. I knew I would find a way. Many years later, I did. In March 2008, I began my journey at NIH, working with several institutes until I found my home at the National…