This snark has nothing to do with the fact that clearances are a pain and the money isn't there to justify dealing with that nonsense.
But sure, go off about JavaScript or whatever.
But sure, go off about JavaScript or whatever.
Good luck finding a SCIF that's as pleasant as a home office.
But yeah, salary is a big issue. Defense work (whether as a civil servant or a contractor) just doesn't pay as well as VC-backed software development.
Although in the current job market, I have to say that the median pay gap seems to be smaller.
For sure, "make hay when the sun is shining". But the days of clearing $200k-$400k to build crud apps or other low value high comp engineering work might not be coming back. Conversely, this is an opportunity for higher value work to evangelize its value prop to high value talent (assuming the comp is commensurate with the work).
Pick your poison: too little money at dealing with nonsense, or too much money on simple shit such that you spend all your time creating more and more layers of nonsense.