At the Ultimate Frisbee games I go to every Friday in the Meadows, I met a guy who works at the Scottish Executive. He's in a special line of work—he works on a "bill team." That is, he writes the legislation that the politicians argue about. His particular focus is "Corporate Killing and Prostitution." He says, "Before I worked in Prostitution I worked in Local Government Boundaries"—that is, gerrymandering; on the "against" side, I assume (or maybe that post was less morally desirable than Prostitution?).

This guy graduated Edinburgh around 2000 with a degree in Computer Science. He worked for a startup for about a year, decided he didn't like it, and applied for the first job in government that sounded interesting. Five years later he's on a bill team, pushing bills through the Scottish Parliament.