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13 letters too... do you think they also have another site for people who aren't social justice warriors?
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cia.gov for Social Justice Warriors. Pretty sure he was just making a joke and only the first 9 characters were actually being tried for.
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These would be great mental exercises for me to complete while I fill out paperwork, unlike the other millennials who are too afraid to step up to the plate (printer?).
>> unlike the other millennials who are too afraid A serious consideration for recruiters working for these agencies is that millennial truly fear the interview process. They believe that the NSA/CIA has their entire browsing history on file, that the interview process may see them confronted by some awful website they visited late one night in their teens. Or they fear any examination of their past may be shared wit…
I have a question for the HN audience. Many here have gone to top schools and studied crypto, ML, etc with the best. And are probably the best in their field. Do you currently work for any three letter agencies? Did your smartest colleagues go to work at three letter agencies? I am trying to gauge the quality of talent at CIA, NSA, FBI, etc. All of my best colleagues went to the private sector, usually tech or securi…
Do you realise that almost nobody working in this kind of job can disclose that?
OTOH, I have never met anyone who has admitted to working for the CIA - either directly or as a contractor. There is a definitely a non-disclose policy for them.
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When you work at the NSA, you are not allowed to say that you work for the NSA. Full stop. (Contractors are a different story for some complex reasons, but are still at risk) It's like this for many gov agencies working with intelligence because labeling yourself as an intelligence worker makes you a target for foreign intelligence agents. That may sound a little strange if you aren't part of that industry, but it is…
What if your neighbour follows you to work? That seems like a difficult to keep secret
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A bit off topic, but I worked with someone who interviewed with the NSA, got a job offer and declined the job. The funny part is that he has a 100% chance of getting “randomly” selected for search every time he takes a plane.
Hmm so if you don’t accept you’ll be harassed? Sounds like a disincentive to even applying.
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I interviewed with Canada's CSE, an NSA equivalent but broke off the process once I had an offer with Amazon. The salary ranges at the CSE were so low that it would be over a decade before I made what Amazon was offering on day 1. I suspect my career income will be more than double.
Unless the jig is to go to the NSA for 5-10 years, build up contacts, then get recruited into a firm that pays insanely for your connections. As far as I can tell the near sole purpose of the NSA/CIA is national level corporate espionage.
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>> unlike the other millennials who are too afraid A serious consideration for recruiters working for these agencies is that millennial truly fear the interview process. They believe that the NSA/CIA has their entire browsing history on file, that the interview process may see them confronted by some awful website they visited late one night in their teens. Or they fear any examination of their past may be shared wit…
> some awful website they visited late one night in their teens Are you thinking about websites like 8chan?
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>> unlike the other millennials who are too afraid A serious consideration for recruiters working for these agencies is that millennial truly fear the interview process. They believe that the NSA/CIA has their entire browsing history on file, that the interview process may see them confronted by some awful website they visited late one night in their teens. Or they fear any examination of their past may be shared wit…
It's a known fact in the military if it ever comes out that you've smoked weed at any time in your life you will hit a firm ceiling on your career and never rank up, unless you run for POTUS it seems :). Can't imagine how much talent any federal employer passed up on just for their myopic stance on pot of all things.
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>> unlike the other millennials who are too afraid A serious consideration for recruiters working for these agencies is that millennial truly fear the interview process. They believe that the NSA/CIA has their entire browsing history on file, that the interview process may see them confronted by some awful website they visited late one night in their teens. Or they fear any examination of their past may be shared wit…
It's a known fact in the military if it ever comes out that you've smoked weed at any time in your life you will hit a firm ceiling on your career and never rank up, unless you run for POTUS it seems :). Can't imagine how much talent any federal employer passed up on just for their myopic stance on pot of all things.
I was in the US Navy for 10 years, and this 100% false. I don't know if this was just a setup for your punchline, but it is absurd. If you test positive on urinalysis, the navy has a 0 tolerance policy so you will be discharged. If it "comes out" that you smoked, almost no one cares.
It's interesting that US government is embracing Tor, while Germany is cracking down on it[1]. [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19399576