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The US knows how to win battles and knows how to win wars. It is willing to go to great lengths and expense for the former, but only the expense part for the la
by howmayiannoyyou 5y ago
The US knows how to win battles and knows how to win wars. It is willing to go to great lengths and expense for the former, but only the expense part for the latter. Something to do with election cycles, a fickle public & and lousy communications strategies when it comes to expectation setting. So, I sorta agree? None of this has anything to do with why my 22 year old nephew (most recent example) is going to Wall Street instead of DARPA.
- the_only_law 5y agoSounds like defense companies need to redirect some of that money they’re making through never ending war into salaries then. On another note, sure DARPA may be working on some cool projects, but I have a feeling a vast amount of work in defense working for Boeing/Raytheon/Booz Allen/etc. in a slow, environment, below market rate, working on some legacy system or a just working on software to support business processes. Maybe if you’re lucky you can work on some cool new weapon that will get sold to the Saudis and support the very war in the article itself! I go to DARPA’s website, look under Work With Us > Opportunities, see some cool projects that are just proposals with a bunch of bureaucratic looking documents with no idea or notion how to get involved with them. I’m sure, I could find the website of a well known Wall Street firm, and find their open positions, with enough information what roles they have, etc.