<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><oembed><type>video</type><version>1.0</version><html>&lt;iframe src=&quot;https://www.loom.com/embed/d249a63e43f541be99917e8583daa1ce&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;1440&quot; webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</html><height>1440</height><width>1920</width><provider_name>Loom</provider_name><provider_url>https://www.loom.com</provider_url><thumbnail_height>1440</thumbnail_height><thumbnail_width>1920</thumbnail_width><thumbnail_url>https://cdn.loom.com/sessions/thumbnails/d249a63e43f541be99917e8583daa1ce-a070b1dbfd1602b5.gif</thumbnail_url><duration>292.083333</duration><title>From One Certification to High Salary GovTech</title><description>This Loom explains how to break into the GovTech industry using tech certifications and a practical career path. The speaker shares that at 16, after earning the CompTIA A+ certification, they landed their first GovTech role, later adding a sponsored government security clearance without joining the military. They describe making $225,000 a year mostly tax-free while living in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea, then returning for a 100% remote senior federal technical account manager role at $275,000. They also introduce an eight steps to GovTech freedom framework, noting that people who follow it average a $30,000 salary increase, and collectively have driven $5 million in salary increases over two years.</description></oembed>