Snowden set back young IT people.

[gulliver]

Another disastrous Snowden tragedy is his affect on the careers of young people in Information Technology. It's going to be harder for them to get higher responsibility/confidentiality jobs. A whole lot of IT jobs are high-confidentiality jobs, and Snowden is going to be a major cautionary tale for human resources folks. They will probably start looking for longer track records and kicking tires harder to weed out flakes like Snowden.

Snowden's no hero folks. Breathe deeply. Think about it.

[MNBrewer]

1. If his resume was as thin and/or full of lies as some claim

AND that wasn't picked up in the vetting process for that position, isn't it a GOOD thing that maybe now Big Info Government Contractors will be looking closely?

[gulliver]

3. Yes, it is.

My fear is that this will unfairly slow the progress of a lot of highly talented, level-headed young people. Hiring is a crude science.

[MNBrewer]

6. I don't really believe that you fear that at all.

[gulliver]

17. Not sure how I am supposed to get you to believe it.

I'm not in the habit of lying or posting insincere concerns.

[MNBrewer]

19. if you say so.

[sgtbenobo]

15. Big Brother.....

....smiles as he pushes you out of the plane. Tee hee. You are a stooge.

Carry on.

[allin99]

2. lol

[TransitJohn]

4. That's pretty weak fucking sauce eom

n/t

[DisgustipatedinCA]

5. The desperation is thick this morning.

Not to worry, I'll fire all the younger IT people at work tomorrow morning, just in case Snowden inspired them to, you know, leak secrets or something.

[jsr]

10. Don't forget to plug your USB ports with chewing gum

[99Forever]

7. Just when you think...

... the Authoritarian propaganda can't get anymore ridiculous....



Bwahahahhahahahahahha.

[htuttle]

8. As an IT person that's about to turn 50

I'm thinking,

[cali]

9. oy. you need to breath deeply and stop posting feeble shit here.

[gulliver]

13. Why are you being so authoritarian?

Did you just command me to "stop posting feeble shit here," your Majesty?

The prosecution rests.

[cali]

14. just expressing my opinion, peon.

Her majesty sentences you to have virtual rotten tomatoes thrown at you while you sit in the virtual stocks.

[dkf]

11. Too idealistic and not jaded enough.

I bet anyone who doesn't want whistleblowers will think twice about hiring young people too.

They need people loyal to the firm who will do things no questions asked because they have a family and obligations.

Any corporation who wants to skirt the law needs these loyal employees also.

[SomethingFishy]

12. Yes, Snowden is a big meenie...

He drinks the last beer. He's mean to his mother. He bakes puppies at 450 with a lovely cream sauce.

Who gives a fuck. His part in this is over except for punishing him for embarrassing the government. Or for being a Chinese Spy. And if he is a Chinese Spy are you going to defend the Administrations decision to hire a private firm who's security is so lax they allowed a Chinese Spy access to sensitive material? I bet you are!

[DirkGently]

16. He is made of pine mulch & has an otter fetish!

... ergo, everything is finejustfine!

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. I gotta give you credit

this smear IS original.

[JW2020]

20. The NSA will probably just rehire him

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/07/mission-improbable-how-nsa-recruits-hackers/55206/