Compensation isn't the sole motivator. Government work tends to be less stressful, more secure, and more fulfilling for a lot of people. Seems like there's a ne

Compensation isn't the sole motivator. Government work tends to be less stressful, more secure, and more fulfilling for a lot of people. Seems like there's a new article on HN every other day about work-life balance - you're not really going to find threats to work-life balance coming from up the hierarchy in government engineering work. Compensation does matter, but it's not the be-all-end-all.