[Guardian]

@Darth-Apple.  Then you should work for the government as a contractor lol.

It's not as stable as working for them directly but it's not going anywhere either.

I've long thought about doing that. Government jobs will probably be secure for a long time. The benefits are good I hear.

When I got out of the Marine Corps I did defense contracting for just over a year. I then took a pay cut got a federal job and held that for a few years. The GOV job was CAKE. I left only because I became the guy that had increasing responsibility with no increasing compensation (GOV promotion system is archaic). I left for another GOV contracting job for a serious pay increase. Honestly, the GO ob is stable, but you're also limited in terms of options, mobility, top-end pay.

The GOV job may be stable in theory, but after I left I had multiple people calling saying they were looking or work as the GOV moved their job across the country on a 3-month notice and they weren't moving. As for the contracts, you know when you need to start looking, and you have a lot of flexibility and its considerably easier to get hired on. I went back contractor because the pay is WAY higher than the equivalent GOV job and more than covers the benefit gap.