I once received an email from the NSA inviting me to apply for a programming position. Although I was intrigued for a minute or so, I soon decided I don’t want to help them spy on American citizens and deleted the email.
It definitely is now. I guess it was then too, but maybe not to the same degree. Google still seemed to be bringing a lot of improvements to the world, and was still using the Don’t Be Evil motto. The public perception of Google back then was outstanding. I’m not sure how much of that was just because we weren’t fully aware of the depth of their tracking and intrusion.
I once received an email from the NSA inviting me to apply for a programming position. Although I was intrigued for a minute or so, I soon decided I don’t want to help them spy on American citizens and deleted the email.
In case you haven’t noticed, American citizens are the biggest threat to America’s security.
I interviewed with Google in 2006…
Feels like a similar thing …
It definitely is now. I guess it was then too, but maybe not to the same degree. Google still seemed to be bringing a lot of improvements to the world, and was still using the Don’t Be Evil motto. The public perception of Google back then was outstanding. I’m not sure how much of that was just because we weren’t fully aware of the depth of their tracking and intrusion.
They weren’t better lol
They are absolutely worse to work for now than back then
“You know, I could’ve joined the NSA… but they found out my parents were married.”
Is this a movie quote?
Yeah, from the movie Sneakers.
Oh I loved that movie, but I haven’t seen it in 15 years. I’ve been thinking about watching it again lately. Does it still hold up?
It does, it’s still a fun heist thriller with a great cast an excellent soundtrack.
Too many secrets.
It is still a great movie.
Are you interested in setec astronomy?
My voice is my passport.
Which is a terrible idea but hey, it had to have a weakness.
Watched it recently, still great. It helps that it focused on the social engineering, the characters, and the heist.
To be fair, that’s not all the NSA does.
Right. They also invade the rights of Americans in other ways!
My dumb brain read NASA and was so confused