[Andy from Chapel Hill]

There has been no downturn in DC — it is booming. And the IC cannot hire talent fast enough.

Have you ever worked in the IC or related IT industries?

Here is an interesting North Carolina State University job placement chart for “Master of Science in Analytics” graduates. Note the average salaries have gone up.

http://analytics.ncsu.edu/?page_id=248

Average base salary is $94,500 with a signing bonus of $11,400.

Top salary was $140,000 base.

Snowden’s $200,000 salary and job movement are normal for someone at the top of their game with 10 years experience in this field.

[muawiyah]

We need to see his personnel jacket to determine if any of that is true.