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National Security Jobs To Rival Silicon Valley Over the Next 10 Years?

Posted by Soulskill on from the government's-digital-transition dept.

AHuxley writes "The Capital reports on a new cyber curriculum at a Maryland high school to feed the ever growing needs of the NSA and Cyber Command. A quote from Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) about job growth in the local national security sector stands out: '... in 10 years, there are going to be more tech jobs than Silicon Valley.' Could the new funding for the expansion of the National Security Agency and the Army's new Cyber Command be the next big growth area for the US?"

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  1. In other words, talent down the drain by alexmin · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We do realize that national security "jobs" do not produce anything, don't we?

  2. DARPA by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I had a DARPA contract during my tenure at Pixar, before we got our first film contract. The purpose was to create economic demand for computer graphics hardware by making new advances in image-processing software, so that the U.S. would have that technology if it needed it for wartime. So, it ended up making live-action and old cel animated films look better, but served the economic purpose desired by DoD.

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    Bruce Perens.
  3. a drag on the economy by jmcvetta · · Score: 5, Funny

    The problem I see here is, that whereas Silly Valley jobs create wealth (and knowledge, infrastructure, etc) for the nation, defense jobs only consume wealth. Maybe that's part of the plan, tho... If we bankrupt the country with lavish expenditure on an oppressive security apparatus, we may just get rid of all our enemies. We'll no longer have wealth for anyone to envy, global influence for anyone to resent, or freedom for anyone to hate. Good plan, right?

  4. It seems every time they beef up security... by mykos · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...I feel less secure. It's probably just me.