CIA Labs

More information: "Officers who develop new technologies at CIA Labs will be allowed to patent, license, and profit from their work, making 15% of the total income from the new invention with a cap of $150,000 per year. That could double most agency salaries and make the work more competitive with Silicon Valley." : https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/21/1008654/cias-new...

Re: CIA Labs

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Post by jonathanstrange » Mon, Sep 21, 2020, 4:49 PM UTC

Probably a better workplace than their illegal torture camps, though only marginally.

Re: CIA Labs

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Post by thebean11 » Mon, Sep 21, 2020, 4:50 PM UTC

iffyspectrum wrote: post #4

More information: "Officers who develop new technologies at CIA Labs will be allowed to patent, license, and profit from their work, making 15% of the total income from the new invention with a cap of $150,000 per year. That could double most agency salaries and make the work more competitive with Silicon Valley." : https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/21/1008654/cias-new...

Seems like a strange proposition, I take all the risk of creating a new technology that will likely fail, and then if I beat the odds and succeed I'm capped at 150k?

Also, if I'm not allowed to monetize my technology or patents, do I really own them?

Is this just a bad startup incubator?

Re: CIA Labs

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Post by sogen » Mon, Sep 21, 2020, 4:52 PM UTC

ca_parody wrote: post #3

Is there a cicada in the logo?

dragonfly

Re: CIA Labs

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Post by joncrane » Mon, Sep 21, 2020, 4:53 PM UTC

iffyspectrum wrote: post #4

More information: "Officers who develop new technologies at CIA Labs will be allowed to patent, license, and profit from their work, making 15% of the total income from the new invention with a cap of $150,000 per year. That could double most agency salaries and make the work more competitive with Silicon Valley." : https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/21/1008654/cias-new...

That seems like a very low cap. It will incentivize people to break up their "inventions" into as many possible separate "up to $150K" revenue streams as possible.

Re: CIA Labs

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Post by HenryKissinger » Mon, Sep 21, 2020, 4:53 PM UTC

Some network admin at the CIA is probably wondering where the sudden traffic bump is coming from right now.

Re: CIA Labs

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Post by daniel-cussen » Mon, Sep 21, 2020, 4:54 PM UTC

thebean11 wrote: post #6

iffyspectrum wrote: post #4

More information: "Officers who develop new technologies at CIA Labs will be allowed to patent, license, and profit from their work, making 15% of the total income from the new invention with a cap of $150,000 per year. That could double most agency salaries and make the work more competitive with Silicon Valley." : https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/21/1008654/cias-new...

Seems like a strange proposition, I take all the risk of creating a new technology that will likely fail, and then if I beat the odds and succeed I'm capped at 150k? Also, if I'm not allowed to monetize my technology or patents, do I really own them? Is this just a bad startup incubator?

You absolutely don't take all the risk of creating a new technology. You get paid an excellent defense sector salary unconditionally, with all the defense sector benefits, some very exclusive.

Plus you get tons of resources and the inside track to talk to "the client", you're not working out of your garage.