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0 pointsdiggan1y ago0 comments

Aha, that'd explain it. NSA only hire people fresh out of school?

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They primarily do. Someone else on the thread says they do some industry hires, but everyone I know who worked there was recruited from engineering school.

pclmulqdq1y ago

I know a few people who went in as experienced hires, but the NSA in particular is happy to do high-paid contracts if you have the appropriate skills, so most of their actual employees seem to be straight out of school.

reaperducer1y ago

They primarily do. Someone else on the thread says they do some industry hires, but everyone I know who worked there was recruited from engineering school.

I remember a bunch of TLAs approached most of my friends in college, but never took an interest in me.

At the time I thought, "That's stupid. I'm the best phreaker in this NPA!" Later I realized this might be a liability, not an asset.

hatsunearu1y ago

They have an internal school that's a few years long (?!) that teaches you a bunch of stuff. Or so I heard...

ganoushoreilly1y ago

There are many pathways and schools internally for the different directorates. Most programs are partnered with outside schools, with some giving you course credits for internal classified work and only requiring a few outside unclassified courses to fulfill needs. Many of these are MS degrees. I got one through one of these programs. Which come in handy with restrictions on promotions / positions based on ed reqs.

alach111y ago

Anyone in industry is already making more than the NSA can afford to pay.

tekla1y ago

No. They hire plenty out of school, but they generally are not the type to be filtered by an email domain requirement.

Jerrrrrrry1y ago

  but they generally are not the type to be filtered by an email domain requirement.

They are exactly the type to filter by something as "trivial" - 99% of their target audience is Math nerds with .edu emails.

The other 1% will go the other 99% of the way to acquire the needed materials to satisfy the target condition. Which in this case, is a room-temperature check compared to the challenges.

tptacek1y ago

I do not think their audience is in fact mostly math nerds.

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tptacek1y ago

They primarily do. Someone else on the thread says they do some industry hires, but everyone I know who worked there was recruited from engineering school.

pclmulqdq1y ago

reaperducer1y ago

They primarily do. Someone else on the thread says they do some industry hires, but everyone I know who worked there was recruited from engineering school.

I remember a bunch of TLAs approached most of my friends in college, but never took an interest in me.

At the time I thought, "That's stupid. I'm the best phreaker in this NPA!" Later I realized this might be a liability, not an asset.

hatsunearu1y ago

They have an internal school that's a few years long (?!) that teaches you a bunch of stuff. Or so I heard...

ganoushoreilly1y ago

alach111y ago

Anyone in industry is already making more than the NSA can afford to pay.

tekla1y ago

No. They hire plenty out of school, but they generally are not the type to be filtered by an email domain requirement.

Jerrrrrrry1y ago

  but they generally are not the type to be filtered by an email domain requirement.

They are exactly the type to filter by something as "trivial" - 99% of their target audience is Math nerds with .edu emails.

The other 1% will go the other 99% of the way to acquire the needed materials to satisfy the target condition. Which in this case, is a room-temperature check compared to the challenges.

tptacek1y ago

I do not think their audience is in fact mostly math nerds.

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