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Then your employees aren't commoditized, replaceable sources of programming work who you can hire and fire at the whim of the budget cycle.
by sjburt 9y ago
Then your employees aren't commoditized, replaceable sources of programming work who you can hire and fire at the whim of the budget cycle.
- user5994461 9y agoDefense is all done by contractors or lifers, far away from the competitive tech hubs. I don't think they have a retention problem, unlike companies in the Valley. Also, the alternative is C++ and C++ developers are not a replaceable commodity either.
- sidlls 9y agoYes we are, mostly. There are very few programming jobs for which the laborers aren't essentially replaceable commodities, including programmers who are proficient with C++.
- greenyoda 9y agoThere are plenty of defense contractors near tech hubs. Defense was a big business in the SF Bay Area long before there were software companies there, and it's still big today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_based_in_the_San_Francisco_Bay_Area#Aerospace/defense https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_based_in_the... In the NY metro area, there are lots of defense contractors on Long Island.