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> The US really needs a special schedule for software developers

There's actually precedent for this - SEC lawyers are on the SK pay scale, not GS.

It's exactly the same problem: the alternatives in finance were too lucrative to retain competent enough attorneys to regulate wall street.

Congress should create a separate tech pay scale, given the alternatives are too lucrative to retain competent enough engineers.




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