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[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Business, government, and military contracts. Doesn't matter how crappy you are, as long as you promise to be the fall-guy when a insert large entity has a insert large tech problem, they'll keep shoveling money at you.

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey wait, I can do that! Where do I apply?

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Well there used to be an island where the majority of folks involved in these kind of deals went to, but the owner landed in some legal trouble and decided to hang somewhere else instead

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

So you're saying that position is open, too?