Agreed! I just meant that working directly for NSA/CIA is low pay. Like ~100k, which certainly isn't poverty wages. Working for a contractor, I think about 250k is normal (but I have very few data points). And I don't know anyone who has started their own LLC, but I'm sure the sky's the limit with that route.
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