The NSA/CIA need to start paying higher salaries to encourage more talent to go into the government sector. I remember in undergrad we had an NSA recruiter come

The NSA/CIA need to start paying higher salaries to encourage more talent to go into the government sector. I remember in undergrad we had an NSA recruiter come talk to our computer science class. After the discussion, I was able to chat them up on the side and they mentioned salary being the hardest problem with recruiting top talent. Big tech pays too much and government not enough. Where would you go when you graduate?