I'm trying to think of "famously aggressive" and "little", and all I can come up with is one of them Koreas.
Clearly the OP is referring to New Zealand, renowned globally for our military might and political strong arming.
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#62I wouldn't want to hire someone who was willing to compromise his ethics simply for a "very good salary and benefits."
I don't know the whole story, but I have known very good, moral people who worked for companies that they didn't completely agree with ethically because they put their family or their health first. Ethics isn't always so simple. If "a very good salary and benefits" is the difference between being very sick or getting that surgery you need, or if it's the difference between sending your kids to a good school or a bad…
I completely agree with you and don't think you can just call a person 'bad' for working at a 'bad' company. But technically speaking, a lot, if not most, of the 'very good, moral' people you described don't leave the companies even when they are in a more stable and comfortable situation.
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Aggressive maybe , but by which standards is the UK "little"?
Area? Population? It's certainly not large.
I thought the same thing, by what standards would the UK be considered _large?_ I'm from the states, though, so I tend to think of most European countries as small.
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Aggressive maybe , but by which standards is the UK "little"?
Area? Population? It's certainly not large.
By world standards it's not large, but among its immediate neighbours it's one of the largest countries: third by population in the EU and one of the larger by area.
I'd think places like Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, or even Austria would get called little much before UK, to say nothing of the smaller countries like Iceland or Luxembourg. I don't think many people in the UK would describe it as little either.
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#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don't think it's Israel, he would have already spent time in the military if he was Israeli.
The down voting is really strange. If he is Israeli, and in his mid twenties then he has already served in the IDF, likely in a CS capacity. Also if he was Sherut Leumi, then I wouldn't think he would apply for a military contract job in the first place. Furthermore, its especially difficult for people with highly desirable backgrounds like CS or engineering to get Sherut approval. My only point was that an Israeli i…
The only explanation I can think of for you being downvoted is, well, ignorance. Perhaps HNers are not familiar with Israel's policy of mandatory military service and thought your remark was somehow prejudiced.
As far as small aggressive countries that _aren't_ Israel, how about Georgia, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, or Greece?
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#67Hire me. I have no morals.
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#68OK, below is my honest, if a bit blunt, opinion. You're not a rocket scientist, your skillset as described won't make a difference for Israel (?) military power. Either go for it and enjoy your pay, or if you have your principles, don't go for it and try finding a boring civilian job as all other non-rocket-scientists do . But the drama, it's not there.
Heh, when he said an aggressive little country the first thought that came to my mind was Georga.
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
Area? Population? It's certainly not large.
By world standards it's not large, but among its immediate neighbours it's one of the largest countries: third by population in the EU and one of the larger by area. I'd think places like Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, or even Austria would get called little much before UK, to say nothing of the smaller countries like Iceland or Luxembourg. I don't think many people in the UK would describe it as little either.
Guys, it obvious he's from the Vatican.
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#70OK, below is my honest, if a bit blunt, opinion. You're not a rocket scientist, your skillset as described won't make a difference for Israel (?) military power. Either go for it and enjoy your pay, or if you have your principles, don't go for it and try finding a boring civilian job as all other non-rocket-scientists do . But the drama, it's not there.
Heh, when he said an aggressive little country the first thought that came to my mind was Georga.
Really? My first thought was Switzerland.