Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk will lead DOGE along with former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), co-chaired by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, has invited applications from candidates to work with the newly created US department under Donald Trump’s second term as US President. The vacancy requires “high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week.”
“We are very grateful to the thousands of Americans who have expressed interest in helping us at DOGE. We don’t need more part-time idea generators. We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries who are willing to work 80+ hours per week to cut unaccountable costs,” DOGE said in a post on X.
The top 1% of applicants will be reviewed by Musk and Ramaswamy themselves. As per the post, interested people can apply for the job in X DM of Department.
We are very grateful to the thousands of Americans who have shown interest in helping us at DOGE. We don’t need more part-time idea generators. We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries who are willing to work 80+ hours a week on blatant cost-cutting. If it…— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) November 14, 2024
The job does not require any specific educational qualification or professional experience. To send a Direct Message (DM) to DOGE’s X account, the applicant only needs to verify their X account, which costs $8.
Most importantly, the job comes with zero compensation.
On Tuesday, Trump announced a “Department of Government Efficiency,” which will work outside the government to provide “advice and guidance” to the White House and “partner with the Office of Management and Budget to drive large-scale structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to government.” The approach was never seen before.”
Its acronym is DOGE, which is also the ticker symbol under which the cryptocurrency Dogecoin trades. Musk will lead it along with former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.