I'm not sure this part is true. "submission to a fairly arbitrary set of rules" sounds like every job.
> that's not normally what people think of when they think of "working for the NSA".
Most people working for the NSA aren't working as a "Jason Bourne"-type (which is what we think of as "working for the NSA).
I would claim the NSA's very much like a standard employer... but with a (significantly) more heavily enforced NDA.
I'm not sure this part is true. "submission to a fairly arbitrary set of rules" sounds like every job.
> that's not normally what people think of when they think of "working for the NSA".
Most people working for the NSA aren't working as a "Jason Bourne"-type (which is what we think of as "working for the NSA).
I would claim the NSA's very much like a standard employer... but with a (significantly) more heavily enforced NDA.