> As someone who worked in defense consulting/IT contracting many moons ago, let me clue you in on a simple fact: there is an INSANE amount of money wasted on t

> As someone who worked in defense consulting/IT contracting many moons ago, let me clue you in on a simple fact: there is an INSANE amount of money wasted on these contracts. Am orginally from NoVA, prior military, and did contractor work for a while. Totally agree with OP. I recall being in a bar in Reston, VA while a bunch of drunk-ass contractors were mouthing off about how much overtime and bonus pay they were getting, and if they bumped up to a role with TS/Lifestyle-Poly it would double. Meanwhile a friend of mine was in the FBI and got hurt at work, while working for a comparitively unimpressive yearly salary. Was already pretty burnt out but that's one of the moments that made me head to the other coast (and, eventually, leave the country).