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The Dirty Jobs of IT

Posted by Zonk on from the we-care-a-lot dept.

dantwood writes "In an Infoworld article, Dan Tynan writes about the '7 Dirtiest Jobs' in IT. Number three? Enterprise espionage engineer (black ops). 'Seeking slippery individuals comfortable with lying, cheating, stealing, breaking, and entering for penetration testing of enterprise networks. Requirements include familiarity with hacking, malware, and forgery; must be able to plausibly impersonate a pest control specialist or a fire marshal. Please submit rap sheet along with resume.'" Paging Mike Rowe, Mike Rowe to the IT desk.

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  1. A.K.A by ndnspongebob · · Score: 0, Troll

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  2. Re:Again with the Wikipedia!! by Arapahoe+Moe · · Score: -1, Troll

    Oh, just stop. He called you on your ridiculosity, so just walk away. You're just making yourself look like an ass. If you wanted your point to be Wikipedia is easier to get information out of., then you should have just said that. Instead you dressed it up with all this Flash FLASH flash WIKI wiKI wiki flash, oops I pooped my pants, wiki Flash, nonsense. Ironically, you've dressed your point up such that you might have well used FLASH to make a cartoon that explains your point. GOD.