I know a bunch of folks who have done stuff like this. You will work very hard which is fine because there is not much else to do. And you will be safer than you would in most major cities in the US.
Secret clearance = no drugs in the last year, no bad credit, no criminal record, and no contact with members of unfriendly governments.
Definitely a great way to fund a startup. Hadn't thought of that!
Not true at all. Once clean year is all you need. TRUST ME.
They're not looking for boy scouts, they're just looking for honest people. Questioning applicant's soft drug use is just a great way of smoking out dishonest people (no pun intended.) If you're not honest about the little things, then you won't be honest about the big things. They are looking for threats to national security not someone who got high in college.
I worked in the defense / intel world for a long time and I never knew anyone who was honest on their app who did not get their clearance. Everyone I know who lied, even a little bit eventually got caught and lost their jobs. If you ever want a higher clearance you'll have to take a polygraph and you won't beat that no matter how many tricks you read on the internet...
Think about it: That's 20 grand per month for a few months. After taxes, that might be 16-17 thousand per month, minus small expenses. You can quickly amass tens of thousands of dollars in seed money. I think it's a sweet gig.
The green zone is a far cry from a true hell... there are worse ways to get money to fund your startup, right?
If I was actually a competent web developer I would consider doing this, as long as they don't really mean 12 hours a day 7 days a week. That's 80 hours a week which makes this job a terrible deal.
Secret clearance = no drugs in the last year, no bad credit, no criminal record, and no contact with members of unfriendly governments.
Definitely a great way to fund a startup. Hadn't thought of that!