It was, on a technical level, the most interesting work I’ve ever done. What people say about the US government being ahead of the commercially available technology curve is certainly true.

The work I did absolutely had positive impact on the world.

People rush to criticize and write off working in the defense sector, but it can be a very rewarding place to work. There are absolutely problems in that sector - bad management and regulatory capture being primary among them. (Ultimately, those are why I left.)

It’s hard to judge accurately from the outside. That’s the nature of classified work: by definition, you can’t know what you’re getting yourself into until you’ve jumped with both feet.

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alexashka 27 minutes ago | parent [-]

> There are absolutely problems in that sector - bad management and regulatory capture being primary among them. (Ultimately, those are why I left.)

Where does 'murder' rank in your list of problems with 'the defense' sector?

Is it above or below the number of vacation days?

	▲	jckahn 17 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Is the implication here that we should take the moral high ground and let our adversaries murder us first?
	▲	oh_fiddlesticks 19 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		A bit of an unconstructive, unwarranted jab, if I may say so.
	▲	halJordan 15 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Ah. Cool story bro. Meanwhile private equity doctors let their private corp owners kill people over insurance denials. But complain only when their malpractice copay rises. Tech workers for Silicon Valley daily enable and positively contribute to the pervasive surveillance and exploitation of the majority of the world. To the point the poors cant even open the app or walk into the store without an algorithm raises prices to the mathematical max this person can afford. But they only complain when free bananas are removed from the snacks.