> They could easily target some midwestern state, put the headquarters for federal software agency there, find a feeder school, and get employees fed to an agen

> They could easily target some midwestern state, put the headquarters for federal software agency there, find a feeder school, and get employees fed to an agency making a comfortable 6 figures in a low cost of living area. They have this already: midwestern schools which have affiliations to the military and act as feeder schools for technical people into the military industrial complex. These people still make more than the GS schedule cap by mid career with TS clearance. It surely doesn't pay faang salaries, but $150-200k with 25% bonus/profit sharing, and totally paid family health care, and <asks someone> 320 hours of pto. Plus, these places often have nice company events, like corporate retreats to nice locales (including family), etc.