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0 pointsMichaelCrawford10y ago0 comments

I can see your point.

However a problem we really do have is that we have lost our expertise. The COTS mandate lead to less demand for the kinds of engineers who could have prevented this breach.

My friend Murray Sims is a naval civil service coder. He rang me up once to beg me to work for the navy:

"People are dying because of software bugs."

Id love to but I get a little loopy sometimes so have no hope of getting a clearance, instead I write technical articles.

http://www.warplife.com/tips/

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engi_nerd10y ago

I admit I was a little saddened to be insulted by someone whose work I admire.

Your friend definitely has a point. People are dying because of software bugs. And process bugs. And outdated hardware.

I agree with you that we have lost our expertise. I think the defense industry in general has a demographics problem. There's a lot of old guys who are about to retire. A lot of young, inexperienced people. And not enough of the mid-career engineers.

MichaelCrawfordOP10y ago

Is there some way I could do military computing without a clearance?

I applied to the US Air Force Cyber Command as well as all manner of military computer security jobs. I received but one response, that my application to be an encryption machine trainer was declined.

http://www.warplife.com/mdc/resume/

engi_nerd10y ago

I am not an absolute authority on this. But my decade of experience in the defense industry tells me "probably not".

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MichaelCrawfordOP10y ago

I offer my heartfelt and humble apology for insulting you.

That was not my intention though I do understand why you took it that way.

I intended to insult the United States Congress.

irishcoffee10y ago

A well-met insult. The government is putting itself into a corner with their current policies on hiring criteria. If you have an idea on how to change that, I'd support you however I could. If it matters, I really admire your apology, not many people have the "balls/vagina/both/neither" to admit, at the very least, a mis-interpretation of a comment.

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engi_nerd10y ago

Thank you for your apology. I see how I misunderstood.

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0 pointsMichaelCrawford10y ago0 comments

I can see your point.

However a problem we really do have is that we have lost our expertise. The COTS mandate lead to less demand for the kinds of engineers who could have prevented this breach.

My friend Murray Sims is a naval civil service coder. He rang me up once to beg me to work for the navy:

"People are dying because of software bugs."

Id love to but I get a little loopy sometimes so have no hope of getting a clearance, instead I write technical articles.

http://www.warplife.com/tips/

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engi_nerd10y ago

I admit I was a little saddened to be insulted by someone whose work I admire.

Your friend definitely has a point. People are dying because of software bugs. And process bugs. And outdated hardware.

MichaelCrawfordOP10y ago

Is there some way I could do military computing without a clearance?

http://www.warplife.com/mdc/resume/

engi_nerd10y ago

I am not an absolute authority on this. But my decade of experience in the defense industry tells me "probably not".

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MichaelCrawfordOP10y ago

I offer my heartfelt and humble apology for insulting you.

That was not my intention though I do understand why you took it that way.

I intended to insult the United States Congress.

irishcoffee10y ago

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engi_nerd10y ago

Thank you for your apology. I see how I misunderstood.

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