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The Washington region dominates the latest list of highest income U.S. counties
- snogglethorpe 14y ago"Your government dollars at work" I guess ... :/
- impostervt 14y agoSpeaking as a gov't contractor living in that region - ya, we get paid a lot of money. I'd probably have to take a 25% pay cut to go work in the commercial world. Plus, the job security is amazing. There are always thousands of openings.
- dccoolgai 14y agoMy platitude about DC and software has always been that you may have a small chance of going to SV and starting the next $billion company - but if you are a decent dev, any company you start in DC is almost guaranteed to be multi-million-dollar. It is a city of bullshitters desperate for the few who can actually do and make.