Activision Reveals Veterans CODE

*Bobby Kotick does something that doesn't make him out to be Satan in a business suit*

End times are neigh, folks.

Seriously, this is a great thing to do. I support it full heartedly. To any troops reading this looking for a career path where your service counts, take a gander at federal law enforcement. Getting into the FBI, Secret Service, or any other branch is no where near as hard as people think it is (just so long as you have a squeaky clean record and your credit is in good standing) and your military experience counts as a plus to getting in.

as a vet this bit me hard

"How do you expect people to actually join the military if when they leave the military they can't integrate back into the free market they're supposed to be protecting?"

mostly as i've been bouncing from job to job to job to job ever since i got out, and can't get back in. (heart troubles at 23.. woo hoo!)

the level of micromanagment in the military is high, but in civilian life its so low i often can't figure out wtf i'm supposed to be doing, and its as if people expect me to read their minds. theres little to no on the job training, a LOT of expectations that are hard to meet, and more. i've even sat in the supervisors seat while military, but i was trained from day 1 to do a job, not thrown into it mid way and expected to know everything, even college won't give you that ability. TBH college isn't oft worth the money spent, seeing as once your in the field its all worthless background info. everyone does things differant, and the way you were trained is trash once you move on.

that also applied military side, one  (aviation ground crew) squadrons hand signals may go one way, while anothers go another way. My squad for example used 2 fingers in a sort of wave to start an engine, but another squad on base circled around, stopped, circled, stopped. The book said to circle (no stops) are per NATO regs, but that was written for prop planes, not jets! (though it still applies with the turbine i guess)

point being, transfer from my squad to the other, and they'd throw out ALL of your training records and start anew right there. as should be done so you can learn THEIR methods, and ditch worthless old info that'll only get you in trouble.

point is though, there is NO standard for doing things, everyones gonna do it and teach it differant. the book smarts will only get you general knowledge, thats damned near worthless later on :( come one folks, how many grads here actually even remember half the stuff they learned in high school, you know, the all "important" stuff they tought us thats now 2/3 obsolete anyways. (not saying don't do college, some jobs are good with it, but still once in the field its only of minimal use)

glad to see their doing something about it, but the question is how will it pan out? most of the stuff already in place through the VA is a fizzle, cause finding VA info is worse for your health than bashing your head into a brick wall repeatedly till ya black out.

as for Activision, good to see'em doing good, but alls it is is another sales ploy IMHO to get more people to buy the game. these viral campagins are becomming sickening, and i believe this is nothing more than a "buy our game cause we're nice to the vets!" schtick.

"The joblessness rate that [veterans] should have should be far less than the national average, not more. How do you expect people to actually join the military if when they leave the military they can't integrate back into the free market they're supposed to be protecting?"

I'm sorry, the job of the military and soldiers is to protect the free market?!  Serious Bobby, either learn to think before you speak or shut up and let your PR speak for you.  That guy doesn't seem to be able to open his mouth in public without looking like a cold-hearted, greedy jackass.

Parallax Abstraction
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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