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0 pointsmichaelt3y ago0 comments

NSA mathematicians still get some recognition though:

* Fellow NSA employees, your coworkers and boss

* Cash money, my personal favourite form of recognition

* Your close friends and trusted loved ones will know the broad outlines of what you're doing.

It doesn't make you world-famous but it wouldn't be as lonely as a job that needed total secrecy.

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Fnoord3y ago

I believe the word we seek is humble. Hopefully the lack of wide, popular recognition leads to humble NSA employees. Obviously, the leaks smeared their reputations. It focusses on the negative outliers. You hear about all the shit they were able to prevent seldomly, if ever.

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