On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 9:23 PM, <xorcist@sigaint.org> wrote: I'd bet a lot of readers here would have major ethical issues with what they do... collect and mine info so they can cold call, spam, promote, engineer, and market people brands and junk they don't need... and wouldn't be into working in that line of business.
<shrug> Just pointing out that not all places are super-competitive.
Of course some the other stuff they have / do under the hood is surely cool, from a model, tech, data perspective.
Yup. The hows/whats/whys of the data they collect is interesting.
I won't give the others because, I still have relationships with them. But Bluecore is awesome
Parsing... and presumably formerly with bluecore.
I contracted with them for a period. Last time I knew, their security wasn't so hot, in case anyone is bored.
Go find me rockets, networks, and cool physical stuff to build... something / data useful to society / humanity / future / action... not pimping pointless Hilfiger jackets and Puravida bracelets.
BAE needs Linux guys if you can pass the security clearance. There are two projects that I know are current: creating a nuclear sub training simulator, and embedded programming to create a new electronic lock. I'm not a real fan of the marketing industry myself, but I have far fewer qualms with that than working for a weapons manufacturer.