Re:Fish Out of Water: The Military Is an Impossible Place fo...
by alephnerd on Sunday October 13, 2024 @04:58PM
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> Where is Anduril getting that money?
A mix of VC funding, foreign defense sales, and private sector deals, because their products are dual use. Also, as a private company, they don't have the same kinds of expenditures that a service has (pensions, capex on infra, etc)
> I think that it's complicated
Yep! Esprit de corps does play a role in retention to a limited extent.
Also, after this hearing happening in 2018, all the branches began pushing heavily for Cyber Reserves branches because it's the easiest way for them to remediate the skill and pay gap.
A mix of VC funding, foreign defense sales, and private sector deals, because their products are dual use. Also, as a private company, they don't have the same kinds of expenditures that a service has (pensions, capex on infra, etc)
> I think that it's complicated
Yep! Esprit de corps does play a role in retention to a limited extent.
Also, after this hearing happening in 2018, all the branches began pushing heavily for Cyber Reserves branches because it's the easiest way for them to remediate the skill and pay gap.