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Just a datapoint: I (And lots of other people) could readily build and maintain a team of software engineers for $109-$134k salary in the Midwest that would be
by rubidium 6y ago
Just a datapoint: I (And lots of other people) could readily build and maintain a team of software engineers for $109-$134k salary in the Midwest that would be fully competent in achieving anything the irs needed.
- sokoloff 6y agoI’m confident that that’s true in the “bulk construction” aspect of the project, which is of course an enormously important component of the task. I’m not at all convinced that that’s true for the architecture and strategic planning aspect of how to tackle the project. (I’m talking about industry salary rate for top leaders and architects here; I’m not suggesting that people with this profile aren’t available in the Midwest; I’m merely stating that they could make wildly more than $134K in industry even in the worst-paid Midwest city.)
- csharptwdec19 6y agoAs another datapoint. I don't know what he's making nowadays, but the IRS -does- have developers in the midwest (Michigan). A colleague I went to college with actually wound up getting a job with them after college. At the time the pay wasn't 'great' but the pension looked good. OTOH, this was in 2007, so if nothing else he had stability during those times. Although, it was COBOL... that said, they didn't require any COBOL experience and he spent his first 2-3 months training.
- acdha 6y agoThis is one of the strategies which 18F pursues: either remote work or working out of offices around the country is much less of a losing game than trying to match DC/SF salaries directly. It’s not perfect but given that the DC salary cap can’t be lifted without the Vice President and Congress getting raises it’s a lot more in their control.