True - and for some areas of government it can be crazy. Someone working tech on GS really needs to want to work in government, because they're making 3-5x les

True - and for some areas of government it can be crazy. Someone working tech on GS really needs to want to work in government, because they're making 3-5x less. What is really crazy to me is financial regulators on GS schedule. And federal government pays well compared to a lot of local stuff.