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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I moved to the area to work as a government scientist (physics).  Am now ready to move on.  I've always thought of DC as having lots of science and technology jobs, but all I'm finding are positions with defense contractors.  Who else should I be looking at?[/quote]

Old thread, but maybe still relevant to some people. As a federal physicist I would guess you are at NIST, NRL, or some such.  Unless your position is unstable, I wonder why you'd wish to leave; those are tough positions to get and from the outside at least they seem excellent--no teaching, not much struggling for funding, federal benefits, etc.

For pure science positions, DC is hard:  having grown up here, I don't at all think of it as a place with a lot of S&T opportunities outside of defense.  DC you will find a lot of quasi-science jobs like scientific reviewer (USPTO, FDA), program manager or officer (DOE, NSF, ARO, NIH), etc.  Some physicists work at places like SAIC and MITRE that do defense contracting, but also non-defense work.   A few I know went to places like Capital One and Fannie Mae and model interest rates.  And then, as you mention,  there are jobs with defense contractors.

I grew up in DC, but relocated away after spending several years in a policy-type position.  I was surprised how easy it was for me to reenter R&D--an opportunity I was never really able to find in DC.

Good luck![/quote]

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