Would you go to Iraq for a year and be paid $200k?
ciex: US coder gets sent to the middle east for a bunch of moneyReminds me of Ken Follett's 'On Wings of Eagles' - definitely a recommendation if you're into thrillers! It's about a team of coders from EDS (now part of HP I think) who get sent to Iran to work for the government and are then refused to leave the country.