> I thought people were doing defence work as contractors now, which is decently paid, as all contracting work. "Contractor" does not mean the individuals doin

> I thought people were doing defence work as contractors now, which is decently paid, as all contracting work. "Contractor" does not mean the individuals doing the work are 1099 contractors. It means the work is done through government contracts to private companies. There is serious cost pressure on those contracts and the people actually doing the work are generally making below market compensation. > Anyway, defence should be reasonable hours without week end works and on call. Not comparable to the average bro-grammer company. If only. Sure, you can skate by doing that if you don't mind wallowing in a boring role with 3% (if you are lucky) annual raises. If you want any sort of decent career progression you'll be doing 50+ a week and doing whatever needs to be done to hit the often unrealistic delivery targets.