<img src="https://spectrum.ieee.org/media-library/group-of-five-men-standing-outside-an-office-with-a-placard-that-reads-representative-greg-casar-texas-446.png?id=68486788&amp;width=1245&amp;height=700&amp;coordinates=0%2C402%2C0%2C402" /><br /><br /><p>When San Antonio–based software engineer <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhiljathar/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nikhil Jathar</a> first went to Washington, D.C., to advocate for federal support for technology education and