@s9chroma @chrisprucha lol very old news, pre-Snowden, I was in a cybersecurity grad scholarship program that fed the agencies; after a year of networking w folks I decided the vibes were too awful and I'd have issues w the compartmentalization & secrecy, so I repaid the scholarship to get out of it.
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Reply · Sep 17, 2023@s9chroma @chrisprucha I mean, I had long since moved on w my SWE career by the time Snowden drama came out... but it was confirmation of stuff I'd…Reply · Sep 17, 2023@chrisprucha I pulled out of grad program to avoid becoming someone like him; he justifies my life choicesReply · Oct 4, 2022@TheCaptain_Nemo Not that I have any room to talk, I was in a govt funded cybersecurity program crying myself to sleep about Patriot Act & DMCAReply · Sep 13, 2023@_tedks awww... I mean they probably would have made me something if I'd asked but I was feeling shy... was required for the scholarship program I was…