Caltrans is a great place to work - Engineer Caltrans Employee Review

You'll learn a lot, good place to start as an ITA..

The pay for state might not be that great.

long term benefits after retirement

toxic work environment and physically toxic work environment in a basement office toxic boss and his favorites, poor management in geotechnical group use what you said to point out to you later use your work products to flatter the higher level people, while behind the scene criticize, blame, gaslight, and control you hold onto a few errors you made, while ignore all the other achievements not to resolve a thing or a problem, but to resolve a person, finally led to my quit from Caltrans other elements from a toxic work environment