> Why couldn't you say "It's classified" and have general answers and then follow that up with "But I'd like to prove my skills to you directly"?
Well, first you'd have to get an interview with a resumé full of generic statements and a network that exists exclusively in the world you are trying to leave. Then you'd have to find a company willing to give you that chance. Took me two years to do that successfully.
> I could understand suspicion if you were coming from some unknown enterprise company and wouldn't elaborate on your previous work, but this is still the NSA (that we all hate but are still super smart).
Not all of us are coming from the NSA. I couldn't believe how many recruiters and engineers had never even heard of Raytheon.
Well, first you'd have to get an interview with a resumé full of generic statements and a network that exists exclusively in the world you are trying to leave. Then you'd have to find a company willing to give you that chance. Took me two years to do that successfully.
> I could understand suspicion if you were coming from some unknown enterprise company and wouldn't elaborate on your previous work, but this is still the NSA (that we all hate but are still super smart).
Not all of us are coming from the NSA. I couldn't believe how many recruiters and engineers had never even heard of Raytheon.