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If we're talking about the same person --- weird that you'd comment about it here --- that wasn't an intern candidate.

The rest of it, well, you're just wrong. At the bill rates on top C/C++ projects, at 80% utilization, President Barack Obama makes significantly less than a pentester. Tell me all you want that Lockheed's beating that.

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Fortunately, pay was hardly the rest of it. As I said above, the environment at many contractors is not at all what you'd expect, the overhead much less than usual, and the people are all extremely sharp, good at what they do.

No, as to convincing you of that with the little info that's public -- that's a tougher challenge.

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