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How do they incentivize government employees into doing such excellent work without paying them a real tech salary?
by givemeethekeys 8mo ago
How do they incentivize government employees into doing such excellent work without paying them a real tech salary?
- neodymiumphish 8mo agoUse military members. I was a special agent with an org involved in similar work. They put me through 7 SANS courses, including paying for 5 certs, in 18 months.
- bri3d 8mo agoThey are contractors. The public face of Ghidra works at Praxis, for example.
- wat10000 8mo agoGreat benefits and job security, and a belief in the mission.
- wewtyflakes 8mo agoThe job security perk was recently defenestrated.
- wat10000 8mo agoHopefully seen as an aberration. Otherwise we may see the excellent work go out the window along with it.
- commandersaki 8mo agoI wouldn't say a program in Java Swing / AWT would count as excellent.
- mandeepj 8mo ago$160k-$170k is not a bad salary; in some cases they get $250k, but sure, it's not a FAANG type.
- vdqtp3 8mo agoMost folks in government service are making significantly less than that. That's midrange GS-15 pay.