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This is unsurprising. From what I gathered from @da_667 (former NSA TAO), the pay was terrible. Why work for the government when you can get a job making 2-3 ti
by CiPHPerCoder 11y ago
This is unsurprising. From what I gathered from @da_667 (former NSA TAO), the pay was terrible. Why work for the government when you can get a job making 2-3 times as much with the same responsibilities?
- ecma 11y agoThat doesn't preclude government contracting this kind of work out to professional infosec consultancies. Budgets are usually more complex than a single bucket and the heightened requirement for accountability in government practically guarantees that.
- Godel_unicode 11y agoExcept that the heightened accountability is part of what causes this whole problem. Contractor bill rates are strictly regulated by non-technical proposal reviewers who live in fear not of a contractor not performing (what are you gonna do, contractors, amiright) but of OMB asking why they didn't select the firm with the slightly cheaper bill rates. The concept of the man-month is alive and well among government proposal reviewers. Add to that all of the rules that require you to be an expert in government proposals (Google "8a", "BPA", and "USG far") and you're virtually guaranteed anyone who's good and wants to be paid what they're worth will roll out.
- jonnybgood 11y agoThe pay is terrible because it's set by Congress. Agencies don't have the liberty to set pay.
- angli 11y agoPerhaps it's not their fault but it doesn't make it any better for a prospective job hunter. Perhaps competitive salaries need to be part of this push