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Old 08-17-2007, 03:18 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by knot_e_lady View Post
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.
My step-brother is a retired navy commander who now works for Lockheed-Martin. You should see the 5000+ s.f. house he and his family live in. Yeah, his job pays very well.

And I know several other people who are friends of friends and who I went to college with who are engineers in the industry also and they are pretty damn well paid too.

Yep, our tax dollars at work.
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