re: #563 Vicious Babushka

All the programmers for these government projects are typically contractors. A contract programmer makes about $45-$65/hr (depending on location and skill set) but the contracting agency charges much more, like $175-$250/hr for the contractor. That’s how we got the discrepancy between how much Ed Snowden claimed he was paid and how much he was actually paid.

My wife recently found out that when her company sends her to a job site, the consultant’s fee is well over 2 grand a day.

Obviously, quite a bit more than ends up on her paycheck!