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The job offer is a pretty obvious lie. Full government jobs don't pay $150,000+ until you get to an extremely senior level [+] (private contractors do pay that

The job offer is a pretty obvious lie. Full government jobs don't pay $150,000+ until you get to an extremely senior level [+] (private contractors do pay that much, but DHS certainly can't extend job offers on behalf of a private contractor). I think it says quite a bit about the ego and/or ignorance of this person if they thought they were so special that they would be offered this type of job... [+] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senior_Executive_Service_(United_States)#Pay_rates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senior_Executive_Service_(Unite...

Nanzikambe 12y ago
It's worth noting that it's likely that sub-contractors working for private-sector firms (contracted to provide services to alphabet-agencies) earn this much. Snowden was apparently earning ~$200k at Dell then took a pay cut to ~$122k to work at Booz-Allen. There's some controversy about his claims in that respect, but I believe them -- they would have to pay competitively or else they'd be a considerable disadvantage in the tech/infosec arms race. Given who was at his door though, I agree: this wasn't a legit job offer.