anybody with experience of federal job ( software developer or IT dept) mind sharing experience ? Been in industry for almost 9 years but never have worked for any federal or state government jobs, close to get offer. Any input will be highly appreciated except Magorkhe's tato na charo ko comment.

I have some close American friends who work on Fed and state as FTE in IT.
In summary:
Pros: Very flexible, Less work, Less stress, growth, A lot of holidays. One guy just works 4 and half days.
Cons: Less Pay. Too much of bureaucracy.

Are you talking about being Federal employee or to work in Federal contracts?

Thanks @kkp. @NepaliBhai,its Federal employee not a contract.

What i have seen is in government job (job security, no stress, very much similar to nepali government jobs)
other side
less pay, slow pace may not fit for everybody.
I guess its very competitive to in government jobs too.

Also add pension plans to it. and dealing with employees that have been with the department for 20 or more years (Most of them)

@gone12
Are you US citizen?

Interview for handicapped people was going on.
Interviewer : so are you handicapped?
Candidate : yeah! I lost my balls in an accident.
Interviewer : OK you are selected for 9am to 5pm job. Come at 11 am from Monday.
Candidate got confused and asked : why at 11 am? You said 9 am to 5pm.
Interviewer replied, " its a government job, first two hours we just scratch our balls. What will you do?

What Kalikopoi said....
With your background you'll most likely become the IT liaison between the office you work for and the contractor.
The contractor do all the hard work.

Which GS level they want to take you in? If it's 14, I will say take it, 13 you can consider it,below that I will not consider it.

Again other factors come into picture, like your goal in life, if you want more money, more demanding and fast pace daily work for your self , it may not be right fit.

Thanks all for your inputs. After hearing different people and doing some research I am leaning towards accepting offer (hopefully I get) , I am already in my mid thirty and have done contract works for few years and been working in this company as full timer for almost 6 years, seen all in and out of Private companies . Benefits and time are really big factors, kid is growing so I can spend more time with him and be with him in extra activities.I will try it out and things don't go towards north will back to job hunting again hopefully job market will still remain hot.@meraj, didn't know about level 13/14, I will definitely find out and consider your point.

Keep us updated, I have had few offers for federal jobs before but like you I was on fence and the pay scale on fed side wasn't that appealing. Also, like you now i think i should have accepted those offers as my kid is growing too and would love to live a laidback life.

The federal job pays way less than the corporation. It makes sense as most of the employer are non-competitive and are there just for a paycheck. Even the GS-15 salary starts at $103,000/yr and can go up to 135,000/yr (without locality pay). To be in the higher end of GS-15, you have to be working there for forever.

If you are GS-09, and in DC area, you will make 55-60K/yr. That is like minimum wage in IT. One of my so-called friend is in Baltimore and decided to take the Federal job and started working at 50K and now is making 60K/yr after four years. I decided to go and work for the corporation and we started at the same range and now I am making around 150K with the bonus.

Guys/Gals, if you have a potential, do not work for Federal. Maybe once you are past 50 years, and you want to relax for few years before retirement not when you are in the mid-20s or 30s.

rajmani
You can't compare everything with IT. You can't compare genuine experience with 7 yrs of resume experience.You makes $150k in IT.Probably with10 yrs of experience where 3 yrs is real + 7 yrs is proxy .

If you girls don’t mind, can I ask your ages? Just wondering at what age do you make 150k ?

@ NepalPsycho I am 33 and make 150K. I know the handful of people who make more than 150K within two years after the undergraduate degree.

@200times My resume is not fake. I showed the real experience of four years and got hired. In last three years, I have been promoted three times. When you are on the job with a real resume, your charisma and hard work counts and you will get paid accordingly.

@Nepalps...
I think age not related with salary, If you are bright enough and CS degree, get MBA from top rank university, CIO,CFO get paid tons of money. My understanding if you are in good company and potential they always encourage to go up up pay rate is not much issue for them. 150 K for full stack developer is not that high because their skill set worth to get paid.

@rajmani, which state are you in? Salary, in most cases depends on state too...150 k in california or new york is similar to 100k in Wyoming or Idaho.

@collegefootballrocks, I am in mid-west.

rajmani in our community in the US where fake resume breeders not only get the job but also come openly and brag about it , i find your posting very encouraging. can you please state what path you took? did you come here for masters or undergrad? and did you go to state university or school of professional studies? and what was your major, gpa and did you get your first job through internship? were you on f1,h1 path too? thank you