Wow I just saw some posts offering 40k recruitment incentive to be a special agent for the FBI!? That is crazy... have you ever considered completely leaving STEM for some other unrelated field?

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Hadn't previously, but you've got my attention. $40k incentive to do secret agent stuff? I'm in. Just need to lose about 40 pounds before I start applying.

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It's good to be skeptical of posts like that. The FBI is shedding and purging talent now, so it's not entirely implausible that they'd be in a panic to recruit new people. It still sounds odd. I read that there are posts on Reddit where new hires at ICE were complaining they still haven't gotten bonuses they were promised. Sounds plausible.

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Well, they are shedding woke people, I wouldn’t define them as talent, when in the world did we shift from headcount to talent? Talent is the 1/10th of a percent of truly gifted people that change the business. Most of us are not talent. I hate that term.

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I have considered leaving STEM during low points. What stopped me was realising dissatisfaction often came from environment, not discipline. Radical pivots sound exciting, but they carry hidden tradeoffs that only feel clear once you are inside them.

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Is that 40k purely just for joining?!

I assume that you would join the FBI STEM units! You use all your tech skills investigating real IT crimes, even preventing them! GS1811 look it up become an investigater and or just stay tech either way it's great work!

Cool! I am not a citizen of the US so I can't apply but I do think those jobs are pretty interesting.

Not worth it to work under current leadership. My beliefs are worth way more than that.

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Wouldn't hurt to apply and see where it leads to!

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Some things are more valuable than money.

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