On 2013-12-17, 11:06, stef wrote: > despite german government seemingly having serious problems > recruiting competent devs for producing their own malware and thus > being forced to procure this from front companies of allied agencies. > in germany either moral standards are higher and/or social pressure > does work?
I think that this cannot be used in evidence. The plain fact is that the German government will pay only a fraction of what a company would pay. As an example (even though not one that could be applied to a job with the federal government as a civil servant, but which I nevertheless believe to be comparable), a PhD being paid according to the pay grade known as TVöD 14 Step 1 will take home a base salary of roughly 1700 Euros, after taxes. Also, prospects for promotion are slim and the bureaucracy is terrible and cannot be evaded. Best, Stephan
