Having worked for the Federal Reserve as a full time CF developer and also currently working as a federal software developer (not using CF), I just wanted to clarify something. The Federal Reserve is not a federal agency, with the exception being the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. All of the individual branches are not federal.
The folks that I worked with there in IT were really pretty sharp individuals. They do have quite a huge information security department too as they are are huge target for hackers. They do pay pretty well, but the job security and benefits package (good healthcare, pension, vacation) are the draw. While I have only been on the federal side for a couple years, I think the pay and benefits are really good. Most of the developers are at the GS-13 scale which can run around 86-115k, it depends on your step and location. The GS-14 is around 102-135k. There are far fewer technical GS-15 folks, but they would run about 123-155k. For anyone that is interested, the OPM site lists the various steps and grades. The usajobs.gov site lists any openings for anyone that should be interested. The IRS has a bunch of java and cobol openings right now for those so inclined. >From what I have seen, the state openings do tend to pay quite a bit lower, >but a lot of the time they have very generous pensions. > I don't know about the pay level at the Federal level. I saw a posting > for ColdFusion jobs with the State on MN (where I live) a couple years > back and it was so far underpaid that I cannot imagine even a fresh > newbie wanting to work at that scale. MN does hire it's on coders so > thats why I thought he Fed did it that way too. > > > > Wil Genovese > Sr. Web Application Developer/ > Systems Administrator > CF Webtools > www.cfwebtools.com > > [email protected] > www.trunkful.com > > On Feb 7, 2013, at 2:00 PM, Russ Michaels <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Govt generally don't have their own coders, they outsource > everything to > > agencies, who then outsource to contractors, and nothing is checked > by > > anyone in between. > > > > Regards > > Russ Michaels > > www.michaels.me.uk > > www.cfmldeveloper.com - Free CFML hosting for developers > > www.cfsearch.com - CF search engine > > On Feb 7, 2013 6:36 PM, "Wil Genovese" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > >> This goes to show the poor quality of coders in the Government more > than > >> weaknesses in ColdFusion. Same for SysAdmins that fail to follow > the lock > >> down procedures. Any web application can be poorly written and any > server > >> can be poorly administered. > >> > >> > >> Wil Genovese > >> Sr. Web Application Developer/ > >> Systems Administrator > >> CF Webtools > >> www.cfwebtools.com > >> > >> [email protected] > >> www.trunkful.com > >> > >> On Feb 7, 2013, at 12:33 PM, Russ Michaels <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> some more great publicity for Adobe/CF > >>> > >>> > >>> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Che Vilnonis <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> With all of the talk of CF & security I thought I'd pass this > along. > >>>> According to Chris Wysopal of VeraCode, the site was running > Coldfusion. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >> https://www.veracode. > com/blog/2013/02/stolen-data-headers-from-the-federal-r > >>>> eserve-hack/ > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >> http://www.huffingtonpost. > com/2013/02/05/federal-reserve-security-breach_n_2 > >>>> 622698.html > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354438 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
