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Old 08-17-2007, 02:12 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by baloney_detector View Post
(As a side note, workers in the US military industrial complex tend do get paid fairly well...and I know this because I've known several people within that industry over the years.)
WAYYYYY back when, in my early 20's I worked for a government contractor (Hughes Aircraft). We were working on the F14 mission trainer to be set up down in NAS Miramar and NAS Virginia Beach. We were working on the trainer for the RIO, and it would link up with the pilot trainer that was built by Grumman.

Now, keep in mind, this was 1984, but I know several of the software engineers, even then, were making upwards to $35.00 per hour, not including overtime.
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