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A comment on Ask HN: How to be an Individual Contributor with a higher salary than a manager?.

Re:Ask HN: How to be an Individual Contributor with a higher... by tomohawk on Saturday March 30, 2019 @07:04PM (#19532533)
Become a government contractor for the US federal government.
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Re:Ask HN: How to be an Individual Contributor with a higher... by frankbreetz on Saturday March 30, 2019 @09:27PM (#19533107)
Man, I hope you are right. I just started a position in US contracting about 8 months ago.
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Re:Ask HN: How to be an Individual Contributor with a higher... by aintitthetruitt on Sunday March 31, 2019 @04:18PM (#19538096)
This is more a function of a low ceiling for government employees than it is anything special about contracting. Like other places it's a race to the bottom for most, with small pockets of exceptional pay for very in demand specialties.
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