Diamond.G said:
Luckily the govenment doesn't quite work the same. I cannot tell you guys some of the things that I do in the military. But I can give an opinion of the military in general. He did something incredibly stupid, which was give an opinion of something he does in his job, not his opinion in general. I may not work in the same feild as you guys, but rest assured there are things that I just can't comment on. No matter what my opinion is of them.
I am actually suprised that he was "just" fired. In my line of work disclosing, we shall call it sensitive, information would land you straight in jail. For a while....
No company has a document that supercedes the U.S. Constitution either, whereas the military does, that document, of course, being the UCMJ. Always remember the gov't makes the rules, but they do not apply to the government itself.
I relate NDAs to something akin to Clearances, maybe SOE had something like confidential, where you can almost mention anything, while the other divisions have something like TS. Clearances are tricky because, just because you have Top Secret doesn't mean you can automatically share that information with another individual with TS.
As an aside, I have read the comments from the devs, and let me say as former, military team lead, stand-point it is often better to keep the people who have been through a shit storm or who have screwed up royaly before, because they can then relay that information to other members of a team. When we look for experience its not always about looking for the great experiences, its about looking for the ones that have defined someone. I would venture to say that if someone were to hire this person that they may actually get MORE out of him then he previously delivered. Even if the only reason is that now he stays locked in the studio with no internet access. Instead of putting him on the mental do not hire list, maybe you dock his pay, ask his straight out "WTF were you thinking?" listen to his repsonse and then make the determination. This whole one strike and your out deal seems over the top to me.
I'm sure I could relate story after story of guys and ladies who FUBAR'd something in the NAVY that kept their jobs. The most recent that sub capt who crashed into the mountain (I feel he is a scapegoat for a shitty civilian job, but I digress). Over beers, I could go on for months about our Intelligence agencies......
As a matter of fact the Armed Forces ski weekend is rapidly approaching here in Colorado, can't wait until I can rant with my brothers who have been there.
