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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a GS-15/10 with cyberpay.  $220k is certainly good money, but it was far from my earning potential.  I might have been okay to continue at that earning level indefinitely except for:

1) A pretty painful work environment with a lot of focus on empire building rather than mission.
2) A high concentration of low EQ and/or low skill coworkers who we can't get rid of.
3) Inflation cutting into my pay and an increasing delta between my comp and earning potential.
4) No real upward mobility.

At a certain point, it all became too much and I bailed to industry.  More than doubled my pay, reduced my stress, improved my career opportunities, and gained all the flexibility and accountability of a well-funded private sector firm.  I'm very glad I made the move, but many govies wouldn't be successful in the transition.[/quote]

Yeah cyber is a pretty nice thing and you lucked into timing -- it will likely be oversupplied with labor within a decade with all the people chasing the degree.  Its generally not a high barrier to entry like law/medicine, nor has prestige gating with MBAs.[/quote]

Well, I certainly agree that I was lucky with timing.  I don't agree with your market analysis, though.  Cyber is currently short several hundred thousand qualified personnel in a wide variety of positions whereas there seems to be a glut of lawyers.  It should be a good market for another 20 years at least, and even then, it's not exactly easy to waltz into the field - technology is always changing and it requires constant re-skilling at both the individual and industry levels.  People get weeded out quickly.[/quote]

Are you technical, project manager, or manager? What are your typical duties? Did your federal experience transfer over?

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