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This is false, almost all of those employees have a Q clearance. You can search the job listings for keywords like ‘Wci’ ‘high energy density’, etc to confirm.

Part of the purpose is definitely personnel related though. Part of the US nuclear deterrence is the projection of having a large, highly skilled nuclear weapon related workforce.

What are your mid-term and long-term goals? Do you want to advance in your company, or find a new job? If new job, are you looking for a local job, to move, or remote?

My generic thoughts without really knowing your situation: I think an associates degree for the purpose of programming job qualifications is nearly worthless. There are some corporate jobs that require bachelors degrees- I think largely as an HR requirement.

I think generally you would be better off with either A) getting a new job that is better aligned with what you are looking for, or B) going for a bachelors and using your networking and resources from the university to get a different job.

Again all of this is incredibly generic, and your specific circumstances will certainly change the picture.

> I don't know the school system in Singapore, but in the US, we have community colleges that accept everyone. Most people in your situation take a few classes at a community college to prove that they can succeed in that environment, and then try again with the university. If there are similar option in Singapore, I'd go that route.

I also am not familiar with the Singapore system, but that is my first thought as well. Also sometimes scoring high on a standardized test (if applicable in Singapore) can make up for some bad grades.

I second this and was coming here to post exactly this. I have no doubt that without a latex template that was iteratively updated by students over the years that my thesis would have taken considerably longer to write.

I am very curious as to what prompted these questions. They seem like very crude generalizations/extrapolations/stereotypes.

People of varying dispositions have wide ranging motivations to pursue a PhD.

Here are my thoughts as someone who hires and supervises data scientist and statisticians. I personally find that candidates are lacking in one or more of three areas: 1) Technical knowledge, 2) Problem solving, 3) Communication. I would advise a little introspection or feedback from others to figure out which of these areas you could improve, and let that guide you with how best to prepare.

Other than that it heavily depends on the company you are interviewing for. One one extreme some interviews will feel more like trivia questions, and others might be obscure IQ test style puzzles. Good luck!

I would prefer a paywall flag over an outright ban. News should be free, but we also shouldn’t be ignorant of what’s going on in the world.

Ideally (for me) the system would be something like this:

-Primary source is used with Paywall flag, and submissions under this flag decay off the front page faster unless there is engagement

-HN culture that rewards users with finding alternative free reporting

-HN culture that rewards users with providing a good high-level summary of paywalled material

No web browser on the remarkable (at least stock). Stock it is literally just a note taking device, which I personally find appealing.

>NIF, remember, is funded by the DoD. It's not a civilian reactor research program: it's a device for testing fusion reactions in the lab now that the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty means that they're not allowed to test H-bombs out in Nevada.

*DOE’. There is a quasi-separation of powers, where DOE ‘owns’ the weapons and the DOD ‘uses’ them.

‘See for example the NNSA.

> Does anyone know if they still have to wait for months to open the chamber after experiments to wait for the radioactivity to cool down?

I don’t think this has ever been the case. Note that I have been involved with experiments on the NIF, but only from the academic side. The NIF typically fires 1-3 time per day, and I believe that this is mostly an optics constraint. We weren’t producing neutrons though, so YMMV.

> Honestly feel sorry for particle physicists... Their entire gig is spending billions on fancy equipment, and hoping that observe something unexpected.

This isn’t the way I would frame it. No one will fund billions on fancy equipment for unexpected results, and no one is flipping a coin expecting something other than heads/tails. The usual course is that there is some theoretical expectation/justification of a result, however we then need to build the experimental capacity to see if it is true.

Your overall experience will be impacted by where in the US you are. There are broad categories that track the culture (east coast, west coast, midwest, south), however even that is a bit too broad. Like in a lot of other countries, the size of the city/town/university also plays a large role in the experience/culture.

My advice is to look more into the city/state experience and culture.