The article says that Marcotte views what he was doing as "putting rectangles on screens". OK -- for what purpose? 18F is a part of GSA that acts as a sort of internal contractor to other parts of the government on tech issues. What are the other parts of the government doing? Is the rectangle a drone targeting rectangle that gets smaller as the pictured person on the screen gets closer?
But people at 18F have some ability to choose projects. No drone chasing -- as an individual.