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Did you even read the article? It's about the difficulties of DHS in particular, and in the very beginning of the article, explicitly makes a distinction betwe

Did you even read the article? It's about the difficulties of DHS in particular, and in the very beginning of the article, explicitly makes a distinction between it and the other three letter agencies: "the department is vying with the private sector and other three-letter federal agencies to hire and retain talent".

theboss 13y ago
Not sure how you can separate DHS from any of the other 3 letter agencies... The cultures are all pretty much the same....
- jrochkind1 13y ago
  What experience do you have with all of those agencies to give you the knowledge to tell us that?
shitlord 13y ago
He has a point, though. The entire clearance process is a gigantic pain in the ass, and it takes WAY more time than anything else the DHS (or any triple letter agency) would throw at you. I, personally, been waiting for 15 months and know firsthand just how annoying it can be. That is one of the bottlenecks here; it is something that prevents the government from hiring the best and the brightest, and having them actually do useful work.
- lawnchair_larry 13y ago
  I'm not sure that I feel good about people named "shitlord" on HN are the types of people working at the DHS with clearance.
  - shitlord 13y ago
    Not DHS. Anyway, I had another account here a long time ago (back when HN had google sign in). After they got rid of google sign in, I couldn't access my account anymore and had to make a new one. I was kind of annoyed, so I decided to make my username as shitty as possible.
  - wyclif 13y ago
    Actually, someone with the username "shitlord" is exactly who I'd want to be working at DHS.
dang 13y ago
All: Far too many Hacker News comments begin with "Did you even read the article?" or the equivalent. Please don't do this. It's gratuitously personal and corrodes civility. You can communicate the same information without a personal edge by simply writing "The article says" or "As I read the article".

theboss 13y ago

Not sure how you can separate DHS from any of the other 3 letter agencies... The cultures are all pretty much the same....

jrochkind1 13y ago
What experience do you have with all of those agencies to give you the knowledge to tell us that?

shitlord 13y ago

He has a point, though. The entire clearance process is a gigantic pain in the ass, and it takes WAY more time than anything else the DHS (or any triple letter agency) would throw at you. I, personally, been waiting for 15 months and know firsthand just how annoying it can be. That is one of the bottlenecks here; it is something that prevents the government from hiring the best and the brightest, and having them actually do useful work.

lawnchair_larry 13y ago
I'm not sure that I feel good about people named "shitlord" on HN are the types of people working at the DHS with clearance.
- shitlord 13y ago
  Not DHS. Anyway, I had another account here a long time ago (back when HN had google sign in). After they got rid of google sign in, I couldn't access my account anymore and had to make a new one. I was kind of annoyed, so I decided to make my username as shitty as possible.
- wyclif 13y ago
  Actually, someone with the username "shitlord" is exactly who I'd want to be working at DHS.

dang 13y ago

All: Far too many Hacker News comments begin with "Did you even read the article?" or the equivalent. Please don't do this. It's gratuitously personal and corrodes civility. You can communicate the same information without a personal edge by simply writing "The article says" or "As I read the article".