From Denny: There are a few good things going on in our federal government. OK, not much, but it should still be celebrated, especially when it involves breaking through the glass ceiling for women in the work place.
Finally, back about 1995, part of the intelligence community realized how stupid it was to
not aggressively recruit women for development in the intelligence field and
maybe eventually grooming them for positions higher up in the organization. At the time the CIA only felt women should "get the privilege" to ascend to
middle management - and never higher.
The natural go-to first line of recruitment started with the children of CIA officers. As the child of a CIA officer, it was about then the CIA tried to recruit me yet again and again and
again. Of course, they had all the bullying finesse of stinking billy goats and I would have none of their toxic organization. Clearly, they were seriously clueless as how to recruit smart women. It would take a lot of time before they got it right.
Usually, the CIA quits trying to recruit you once you reach age 35 but they persisted with me long after, probably because I never have looked my age. Even after I was married ten years strangers would ask me what high school I was attending. It's really annoying - until you get older and people half your age ask you about a music group of which you have never heard. I've learned to just play along rather than give them the Big Speech of true age disclosure that shocks them. Awkward.
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