If you are working in Big Tech and looking to get out, the army is waiting with open arms. To leave these bombs of someone, technology has to be manufactured, after all. Task and purpose Reports That the talent branch of the army has been started Detection 201An initiative to draw technology professionals in military rank – the latest in the growing pipeline between Silicon Valley and American armed forces.
The troop 201 attempt has excluded the call for “top-level, specific skilled technology professionals”, which “seek” to help strengthen the army’s rescue against rapidly developed dangers. ” The program is specifically targeting “private sector senior technologists” who can jump into the army’s ecosystem and give it speed with modern technology. The program claims that it aims to “reduce commercial-monetary division”. A surprise may be that perhaps those things have been divided for a reason! It is difficult to say to make sure.
The program has been working for a short time now, and in view of his first public prominence of Andrew Bosworth, Chief Technology Officer of Meta Announced That he was accepting a direct commission as a part of the effort as a lieutenant colonel in the US Army Reserve. Bosworth Stated That contingent 201 (named after the nominee Http code This indicates that a request has created a resource) “will serve as technical experts advising the modernization of the army.”
Was Bosworth became involved Palantir Cto Shyam Sankar, Openai’s Chief Product Officer Kevin Wayle, and former Openai Chief Research Officer Bob McGre as Lieutenant Colonel of the attempt. The launch of the Detection 201 recruitment page marks the onset of public outreach, which is targeting other army-enthusiasts of technical firms such as new senior officers. To work and purposeThe recruitment page has received around 150 resumes so far. Gizmodo reached the army for an update on its efforts, but no response was found.
It is not like a relationship between Silicon Valley and West Point, especially new. Military contracts for Big Tech have been participated in money decadeAnd relations have only become tight in recent years. Between 2018 and 2022, as much as $ 53 billion Amazon, Google, and Microsoft went alone – and enterprise capitalists clearly sees dollars when they look at those deals, because Rentally put in defense startup over $ 100 billion Between 2021 and 2023. The second Trump administration has demolished the hypocrisy and allowed technical firms like Enduril of Palmer Lucky Land huge defense contract After putting cash in Trump’s campaign cofers. We are probably not away from an avalanche of essays “why I am leaving San Francisco for Pentagon” from technical authorities.
