@deshipu It's complicated. To be a tech lead in DC in govtech
- You need to have been writing code 20+ years ago
- You need to have bought real estate 20+ years ago because newcomers can't afford today's houses at salaries the gov't wants to pay
- Non-performance will eventually get you fired, but superior performance won't get you that much more $
- The work is difficult & supply limited, but I once saw a mgr suggest firing an irreplicable person so the labor market isn't exactly efficient.
@deshipu Govtech with it's low pay attracts a lot of people who can't get into the CA tech labor market which pays better. The biggest companies recruit directly from university compsci graduates. If your social situation doesn't make it likely to have gotten into those universities, govtech will still hire you. So we got tons of women, minorities and immigrants. (California tech does too, but my feels is that govtech has more)
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