Today on Rebuilding Government, I’ll be chatting with Rachel Dodell, the Executive Director of Coding It Forward, and Nik Marda, a Stanford student and 2019 Civic Digital Fellow, about bringing young technologists into government.We all know that government technology isn't always the most up-to-date. But it may shock you to learn that only 7 percent of U.S. federal employees are under the age of 30.The nonprofit Coding It Forward is trying to change that. Their trademark program is the Civic Digital Fellowship, a technology, data science, and design internship program that sends innovative students to DC to solve pressing problems in federal agencies.We discuss the birth of Coding It Forward, government hiring, and how a stint in Washington offers incomparable experience for the mission-driven student.Find us on Twitter @RebuildingGovt and your host @jasminewsun.Relevant resources:* Find Rachel on Twitter @rdodell and Nik @nrmarda* Coding It Forward: https://www.codingitforward.com* Civic Digital Fellowship interest form: https://www.codingitforward.com/fellowship* PICTURE grant proposal: https://inspire2serve.gov/_api/files/343* The Techlash Has Come To Stanford, Slate https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/stanford-tech-students-backlash-google-facebook-palantir.html* Weapons of Math Destruction, Cathy O'NeilRebuilding Government is a podcast in collaboration with UNIT Innovations (@unitinnovations) and Teske Media (@teskemedia).