[hinkley]

Probably the most shocking revelation I've had in my time as a developer has been that testers are never paid the correct salary (some too high, most too low), and that if you have someone who is good at testing and is becoming proficient at coding, their smartest move is not to become a FT developer, but to skip right over developing and go into security consulting. Instead of making 75% more money by switching careers, you can make 150% more.

Software needs people with the suspicious minds of good testers, but security people make more money for the same skillset.