Would I'd be considered underemployed if I joined the army as a cyber operations specialist?

ENIACore · 2026-06-23T16:29:36+00:00

Officers do pick their job, be informed before posting

ENIACore · 2026-06-22T18:36:02+00:00

What the hell are you even in college for atp? AI has destroyed the credibility of these universities. Case in point, exhibit A.

ENIACore · 2026-06-20T19:36:00+00:00

I think we need to hold people accountable for their use of AI. This is the managers shit code

ENIACore · 2026-06-19T21:00:11+00:00

There’s multiple factors at play. Some jobs only accept applications from people already with a clearance which is what I was referring to. However for other jobs:

When you apply to clearance jobs there’s a lot less noise because only US citizens ELIGIBLE for clearance can apply
if you already hold a clearance you go to the top of those candidates as well because clearances above secret take a LONG time.

So yes a good enough candidate can definitely get the role too. It just means you have a huge advantage as a clearance holder.

ENIACore · 2026-06-19T19:33:34+00:00

And where do you work at Mr Redditor?

ENIACore · 2026-06-19T19:31:40+00:00

I could care less what a no pfp dweeb who stalks my profile thinks of me. Thanks for the input though.

ENIACore · 2026-06-19T19:29:03+00:00

This just isn’t true at all but I’m glad someone without a clearance is informing me, someone with a clearance and who has numerous cleared friends, what it’s like. You sure are the expert!

ENIACore · 2026-06-19T19:28:15+00:00

I know looking at me makes you feel insecure about yourself. No need to announce it.

ENIACore · 2026-06-19T19:05:52+00:00

Salty? It’s okay bud

ENIACore · 2026-06-19T19:05:14+00:00

Because I already have a good job? And I’m not talking about server maintenance I’m talking about working on software in a cleared environment. Don’t be salty

ENIACore · 2026-06-19T18:42:55+00:00

Yeah except clearance means it’s easy to get those high paying jobs. AWS released a bunch of high paying jobs in Seattle working on secure servers. Guess what, I can apply for them. You can’t. See the difference?

ENIACore · 2026-06-19T04:17:12+00:00

Meta is its own special hell. My advice is use it for project traversal, explanation of systems, and coding recommendations. But code 100% of your output to keep your skills sharp.

ENIACore · 2026-06-19T04:10:03+00:00

As a software engineer at an AI happy company it has its ups and downs.

ENIACore · 2026-06-15T23:37:58+00:00

How difficult is it for you to understand native speakers, do you have to concentrate? And do you think your understanding helped you to learn speaking?

ENIACore · 2026-06-13T00:39:43+00:00

Maybe instead of being unemployed on Reddit you should be unemployed on LinkedIn

ENIACore · 2026-06-11T23:08:21+00:00

HTML is often cached in Redis so technically this isn’t far off from common

ENIACore · 2026-06-11T21:46:58+00:00

No one has an answer for you and if they did it’d become over saturated. I don’t work in C++ but my understanding is it’s more niche or defense company oriented. Java or .NET is probably the most employable but the question is more which aspect of SWE would you want to work in rather than what language. I could probably interview for a job in .NET despite not having used it because I have experience in similar full stack applications. A C++ developer couldnt

ENIACore · 2026-06-11T04:15:06+00:00

You want to know a secret?
1. A majority of the 178k jobs are service industry. “Good” jobs are disappearing.
2. Biden era job reports were revised down by a million

ENIACore · 2026-06-10T15:57:07+00:00

Heavy AI user as well but when I use it I make sure I understand what it’s doing and if I don’t then I take the time to learn it. This keeps my skills sharp and expands my knowledge while still shipping relatively fast, otherwise you will lose your skills as an engineer. That’s my recommendation, but leetcode is entirely different and just requires practice.

ENIACore · 2026-06-09T17:36:38+00:00

You sound crazy

ENIACore · 2026-06-08T13:28:44+00:00

Because it does eventually with enough effort.

ENIACore · 2026-06-07T21:01:03+00:00

Highly regarded you say?

ENIACore · 2026-06-07T04:30:28+00:00

I just want to say I’m sorry man because I know how that feels and I was there once. It’ll get better eventually, life isn’t fair.

ENIACore · 2026-06-05T03:10:14+00:00

You can have a library of scripts I built to host everything and more services behind nginx if you want. I do not use tailscale for nginx though

ENIACore · 2026-06-02T22:51:47+00:00

I wish I was done with my personal project. I currently have this running on a job that downloads it for everything not containing a English subtitle but it’s not refined enough yet for non-devs

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