Ex-DOGE insider reveals the culture clash behind Musk's secret government project

In an exclusive Washington Post piece, Tyler Hassen recounts his 11-month stint inside Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), detailing the clash between Silicon Valley’s fast-moving, tech-driven culture and traditional government norms, the vague brief to present ideas to Musk, and why his tell‑all memoir Inside DOGE seeks to set the record straight about the project’s aims and the backlash it generated.