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They typical pattern is they work for one of the government contractors L3 (now L3Harris), Northrop Grumman, etc. Of course it's a revolving door as well. > Yo
by rdtsc 3y ago
They typical pattern is they work for one of the government contractors L3 (now L3Harris), Northrop Grumman, etc. Of course it's a revolving door as well.
> You’d be surprised how many tech employees inside government clear $750k
That does sound a little high. But it seems you have more recent info than I do.
- lend000 3y agoYes I'm a bit skeptical of the parent's numbers, but if true, I imagine it's very much the exception, not the norm. Technical employees at the contractors did not do much better than the price ranges posted for government job boards (even distinguished/principal engineers capped out at what is probably around $300-350k today after inflation) except in management positions, in my experience. All the most talented engineers I knew were gone within a few years. Not to mention the red-taped filled work environment does not exactly encourage innovation.
- jandrewrogers 3y agoIt is an exception but specialized technical expertise can definitely bill out that high to the US government. (source: I've billed out higher)
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> That does sound a little high. But it seems you have more recent info than I do This is the solo special contractor rate. You aren't paying a person a million bucks. You're paying a "company" that because that's what expertise in how carbon fibers set in a particular resin matrix subjected to a high-frequency supersonic detonation ring or something, an expertise that globally numbers maybe five, and within the U.S., three, is worth.
- rdtsc 3y agoAgree, for the solo special contractor rate that is quite plausible.