The area is home to giant defense contractors like Lockheed Martin and Northrup Grumman, both of which have a huge need for technology talent, and to large defense-oriented technology companies like AIC and CACI.

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They graduated from college as a generalist with no particular skill or talent that differentiated them from the millions of other graduates looking for jobs in our largely service oriented economy.

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