Robin SloanAmerica pays defense contractors to build aircraft carriers. Google pays brilliant programmers to do whatever the hell they want.
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A defense contractor is a company that makes armaments and/or supplies for the military. The employees of these companies are called contractors, and they work on behalf of the government. Google, on the other hand, is a company where brilliant programmers work on projects of their choice (often without supervision) and receive no payment until the finished product has been submitted. The comparison between Google and a defense contractor leaves me with only one question: How much does Google pay its employees?
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