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Mostly I'm surprised at the pay distribution on page 9 of the included document. GS pay tops out around $117k. Is that how much we're paying for top level cryp
by zachrose 13y ago
Mostly I'm surprised at the pay distribution on page 9 of the included document.
GS pay tops out around $117k. Is that how much we're paying for top level cryptography research? Do contractors like Snowden get to make $200k because that's just what their consulting firm bills for?
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- marshray 13y agoMy understanding is that huge pay increases are in fact the primary motivation behind the shift to these quasi-private sector contracting arrangements. It's basically an accounting scheme to either "retain the brightest", or to defraud the taxpayers, depending on how you look at it.
- rbanffy 13y agoIt's not either/or. It can be both.
- count 13y agoGS base pay tops out at $117. There are many GS's making much more than that (also, the IC uses a non-GS scale, specifically for that reason).
- dredmorbius 13y agoDon't forget that that's $117k plus full government benefits, including pension (who has those any more) and job security pretty much for life. You might be able to do better than that all told on the outside. You might not. It's "don't have to worry about too much" money (though with inflation it's less that than it used to be), but not "I'm rich" money.