That’s your conclusion from that bold text? What I see is, leave it to government and they can waste a lot of money. Even contractors in the bay area do not make $270k/year. The reason is that companies would NEVER pay that kind of money for just a simple computer engineer. As a contractor, I would charge as much as the client is willing to pay. Who in their right mind wouldn’t. It’s the business or in this case, the government, job to control the cost. FYI, $135k is more than what a computer Engineer would make in the bay in the hotest sub market (mobile) right now. My conclusion is that government are not spending their own money, so no need to control cost. Contractors will bill as much as the government is willing to pay.
