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Or the government is just the last place left where you can count on a stable paycheck, and lots of engineers like to optimize for that instead of for the possi
by ArbitraryLimits 14y ago
Or the government is just the last place left where you can count on a stable paycheck, and lots of engineers like to optimize for that instead of for the possibility of striking it rich.
It used to be, anyway.
- zheng 14y agoWhat about Google, Microsoft, IBM, etc?
- ArbitraryLimits 14y agoYou mean the IBM that almost disintegrated in the 90s, and that now employs an entirely different workforce than it did then because their core business has completely changed? And IMO Microsoft is being driving into the ground, it certainly won't be known as a stable employer within 20 years. We'll see what happens with Google, I guess.
- raverbashing 14y agoIt's certainly a choice Less variance or more variance. But I think it really doesn't pay off (unless it's for high level jobs, think NASA, DOE, etc)