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Washington, DC metro area.

• theorique 13y ago
  Do you think that the significant presence of Federal work has a lot of pressure on salaries in DC and surroundings?
  • ap22213 13y ago
    The federal gov't injecting a few billion dollars into an economy can't hurt. So, yeah, I'm sure it helps stimulate the growth here. But, I rarely find many, if any, gov't contractors at the HN meetups in DC. There are actually a lot of startups here, and lots of VC money, in general. A lot of people come here to live, and work from home, here. Housing prices and costs of living are high, but not as high as some other locations (SF, NY, etc.). So, definitely other factors, too.
    • TheCoelacanth 13y ago
      I'm living in the DC area and I'm curious how you would go about finding non-government-related places to work. The place I'm working now isn't government-related, but I found it mostly by chance, and most of the places I saw during my job search were government contractors, so I'm not sure where I would look if I wanted to change jobs.