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Re:The rise and fall of 18F by mtberatwork on Thursday February 08, 2018 @12:28PM (#16333818)
"hundreds of thousands" is a bit of a stretch, but SWE w/security clearance at a small outfit will net you significantly more. Lots of tiny PO Box'd contractors around DC.
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Re:The rise and fall of 18F by vonmoltke on Thursday February 08, 2018 @12:47PM (#16333981)
Funny, in 15 years as a SwE with a clearance (not in DC) I never broke $100k total comp.

Also, "hundreds of thousands" is a gross exaggeration. Most software engineers nationwide don't make that to begin with.

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Re:The rise and fall of 18F by mtberatwork on Thursday February 08, 2018 @01:00PM (#16334089)
> SwE with a clearance (not in DC) I never broke $100k total comp

YMMV of course, but even without a clearance you are selling yourself short here.

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Re:The rise and fall of 18F by vonmoltke on Thursday February 08, 2018 @03:56PM (#16335528)
I wasn't selling myself anything. I could barely get non-government contractors to even give me an interview, and nobody in the government space offered me anywhere near that much. I managed to get to $95k via same-company salary progression before I escaped to the private sector (and a better metro area).
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