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There is another path, in the UK at least, which is to join the public sector, become employed by the state.

• laurencerowe 13y ago
  The UK public sector outsourced most technical work years ago to the likes of EDS, IBM and BT, transferring over existing employees. There's very little internal expertise left. Most contracts seem to be negotiated in a way that allows the big firms make huge amounts of money on the inevitable change requests.
  • wildfire 13y ago
    Ah, yes, that whole gov.uk thing. I must have dreamed it then. And so must have the 180+ people hired to work on various parts of it who are not part of EDS, IBM and BT.
    • gaius 13y ago
      Add up Accidenture, EDS, CSC et al and the number is probably 180,000.