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> but if you can’t tell anyone about it, does it matter?

This is also the case for folks that work on classified projects such at the NSA. There’s more to working than bragging about it to others.



I worked at Apple, and they told me when I left I could not put anything about my work on LinkedIn. I didn't work on anything that would be considered remotely classified to any other companies. Apple treats EVERYTHING as super secret. It sort of worked for me, because when my current company asked what I worked on I just said "sorry I can't talk about it ;)" instead of "I was paid almost 200k a year to make one spreadsheet look like another"


Which one of following levels of information you can put in your public resume?

1. I worked at Apple. 2. I worked I’m MacOS division. 3. I worked on MacOS UX. 4. I worked on MacOS dock enhancements.


Good luck getting your next job when your resume has a 6 year blank spot.


A "6 year blank spot" working for Apple or NSA?

Doesn't sound like you'd need any luck...


Simply working at Apple for 6 years carries it’s own weight.


"Bob worked at GCHQ between month/year and month/year".

Lots of places understand that there are strict confidentiality agreements (whether those are by convention, contract like NDA, or law like Official Secrets) and they often welcome this.


Not sure if this is a reference to Charles Stross's Laundry series (whose protagonist is named Bob and works at GCHQ as an occult computer scientist) or if just a coincidence.

Recommended reading either way!


Oh, no, just a coincidence.

The Laundry series is very good!




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