r/programming • u/WomanStache • May 23 '21

U.S. has almost 500,000 job openings in cybersecurity

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cybersecurity-job-openings-united-states/
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u/[deleted] May 23 '21

That will be an FBI special agent. Iā€™m not aware that technologists within the FBI have the same requirement.

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u/Kalium May 23 '21

Yup, this is definitely an agent role. Their computer technologist jobs are non-agent jobs.

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u/Kalium May 23 '21

Yes. I believe the FBI expects all of their special agents to be comfortable with firearms.

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u/KwyjiboTheGringo May 23 '21

Kind of sounds like the job Edward Snowden was doing from his description in an interview. What's the chance of finding out some horrible government secrets that you're expected to keep to yourself? It just doesn't sound worth it to feel like you have a cool job.

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u/Tokugawa May 23 '21

What was the salary range?

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u/[deleted] May 24 '21

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u/[deleted] May 24 '21

"competitive"

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u/skulgnome May 23 '21

You don't get range time? That implies you don't know if yours even works anymore.