> The US really needs a special schedule for software developers There's actually precedent for this - SEC lawyers are on the SK pay scale, not GS. It's exact

> The US really needs a special schedule for software developers There's actually precedent for this - SEC lawyers are on the SK pay scale, not GS. It's exactly the same problem: the alternatives in finance were too lucrative to retain competent enough attorneys to regulate wall street. Congress should create a separate tech pay scale, given the alternatives are too lucrative to retain competent enough engineers.