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Re:Baltimore police will pay consultant $176k to maintain Lo... by seanmcdirmid on Thursday August 09, 2018 @02:05PM (#17726751)
Baltimore is in striking distance of the DC area, where salaries aren’t known for being paltry due to federal largess.
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Re:Baltimore police will pay consultant $176k to maintain Lo... by eli on Thursday August 09, 2018 @03:03PM (#17727376)
Federal workers don't get paid particularly well, actually. There's some competition among contractors especially if you have active clearance but nothing approaching SV.
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Re:Baltimore police will pay consultant $176k to maintain Lo... by dsfyu404ed on Thursday August 09, 2018 @02:33PM (#17727065)
Yes there's upward pressure on pay (and the cost of everything that pay buys) from the DC area but the DMV is no SilleyValley in terms of pay and costs.
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Re:Baltimore police will pay consultant $176k to maintain Lo... by pc86 on Thursday August 09, 2018 @02:58PM (#17727335)
Pay, definitely not (I live within extended commute distance and have gotten offers for senior dev at $80k and similarly insulting numbers) but it's pretty up there in terms of COL.
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Re:Baltimore police will pay consultant $176k to maintain Lo... by compuguy on Friday August 10, 2018 @12:43PM (#17734853)
Wow, those companies definitely are low-balling (especially for a senior position in the DC area). Were those positions ones that required a security clearance, though?
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