While I'm dressed like a fighter pilot, some real talk about the defense industry. It's toxic. And it uses toxicity to erode your morals.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
We talk about test projects in tech and how they can be awful. My test project for my last job was to design a missile guidance algorithm.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
You can equivocate about force projection all you want. My trial was to use differential equations to deliver shrapnel to a human at Mach 5
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If you're new to tech, graduating & looking for a job, they'll try to get you. It's good money. Don't do it. Don't take a security clearance
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If you see the letters ITAR, stay away. It's damn near impossible to break away.
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This isn't leftie guilt. This is career advice. A redacted resume is hard to get around. The FBI security briefings suck. Your work vanishes
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And the corruption in contracting... oh my god. The stories I have that I'll only tell over a beer. Double dipping. Fraudulent charging.
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Anyhow. There's plenty of work in tech to make the world better. Aim your career gradient to making the world better. Fin.
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