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Robert Morris's father was in a position to pull some strings/fund the defense. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Morris_(cryptographer) http://en.wikipedia.o
by arjunnarayan 14y ago
Robert Morris's father was in a position to pull some strings/fund the defense. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Morris_(cryptographer) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Morris_(cryptographer)
- lawnchair_larry 14y agoI think you over-estimate how well the NSA pays, among other things.
- phaus 14y agoYou won't get rich, but at the higher levels, you can make a pretty good amount of money. GS-15 starts around 120k for base pay, if you are a "research scientist" there's an identifier that can add 80-100k. The cost of living increase near the NSA hq is about 21 percent of base pay. I hear there's levels above GS-15, but I've never seen the pay chart for them.
- mpyne 14y agoThere's no level above GS-15 per se, but there is a higher tier of civil servant called SES (Senior Executive Service), which is approximately equivalent to Admiral/General-level rank in the military. I believe the pay for SES and above (e.g. appointed officials) is defined by what's called the Executive Schedule.
- phaus 14y agoSES is what I was thinking of. As you noticed, I'm not that familiar with how it works, I was just aware that there is something that pays more than the standard GS payscale.
- lawnchair_larry 14y agoRight, it's definitely respectable, but the costs were projected to be in the millions. Generally people making 150k/year or so cannot afford this. FYI there is a hard cap on the payscale (according to wikipedia) of 155k. After base+adjustments+modifiers, it cannot exceed level IV of the Executive Schedule or something to that effect.