[dgrealy]

You're totally right. Your industry definitely contains the worlds smartest people by nature and everyone else is second-rate and would be laughed at if they tried to work in Silicon Valley.

I mean, do you actually hear yourself? Really listen to yourself and describe what you hear.

[rl3]

The comment you're replying to appears to be explcit sarcasm, albeit oddly put.

[elastic_church]

Just echoing perception. People think intelligence agencies' engineers are geniuses, but are candidates that wouldn't be considered geniuses in the private sector solely because of their pedigree.

[bitJericho]

Having worked in government, at least half of everybody I've met would be considered too incompetent for the job, if it were a normal company. So yes, it would be easy for me to believe that government workers would be laughed at in silicon valley.