<story><title>Israel’s lucrative and secretive cybersurveillance industry</title><url>https://restofworld.org/2021/inside-israels-lucrative-and-secretive-cybersurveillance-talent-pipeline/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>high_byte</author><text>&amp;gt; As K. recalls, the recruitment pitch directed toward him was more about the “caressing of ego.” He was told: “You’re the best. We chose you. You’re one in a million. Most people can’t handle this job. You’re a genius.”&lt;p&gt;8200-alumni, can confirm lol.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ChrisMarshallNY</author><text>When I was in the last few months of tech school, Ft. Meade recruited our class. Apparently, the school had a deal with them.&lt;p&gt;I decided not to pursue. I wasn&amp;#x27;t particularly thrilled with being a janitor for six months, while they cleared me.&lt;p&gt;These days, I doubt they&amp;#x27;d touch me with a ten-foot pole. Young folks are clean slates. Us old farts are baggage, personified. No &amp;quot;red flags,&amp;quot; but I&amp;#x27;m also really cynical, and they&amp;#x27;d have a hard time getting me to jump through their hoops.</text></comment>
<story><title>Israel’s lucrative and secretive cybersurveillance industry</title><url>https://restofworld.org/2021/inside-israels-lucrative-and-secretive-cybersurveillance-talent-pipeline/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>high_byte</author><text>&amp;gt; As K. recalls, the recruitment pitch directed toward him was more about the “caressing of ego.” He was told: “You’re the best. We chose you. You’re one in a million. Most people can’t handle this job. You’re a genius.”&lt;p&gt;8200-alumni, can confirm lol.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dls2016</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s kind of hilarious because the big lesson I learned in the US military is that they have a great system for coordinating&amp;#x2F;motivating a whole bunch of average people into doing &amp;quot;big&amp;quot; things.&lt;p&gt;I use this to motivate myself to this day... &amp;quot;well I was born a perhaps slightly above-average schlub... if those other people can succeed then with a bit of persistence so can I.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Maybe I&amp;#x27;ve been going about it all wrong!</text></comment>