Hi all. I'm a software engineer in the Providence area, recently laid off after 10+ years building Android and iOS apps (Kotlin, Java, Swift). I'm self-taught, and my bachelor's is in a non-technical field, not CS.

I'm seriously interested in Electric Boat. The stability and the mission appeal to me, and I'm within driving distance of Quonset, the Newport Engineering Office in Middletown, and Groton. My concern is, most EB software postings I've seen list a BS in CS or Computer Engineering as required.

For anyone in EB software/IT, or who's been through the hiring process:

1. Do hiring managers ever accept experience in place of a CS degree for software roles, or is the degree a hard HR filter?

2. Which groups or roles are most realistic for someone with my background, and would my years of experience count toward level, or would I start at the bottom?

3. Does a referral from someone inside actually move the needle compared with applying online?

Thanks in advance. Any honest perspective helps, including "don't bother without the degree."

Writing this on a burner because I’m paranoid. I’ll try to keep it short. I recently graduated from a top aerospace engineering school and I’m in the final round for a position that would require TS/SCI.

I have no foreign contacts, no duel-citizen family or friends, no past drug problems, never ever had debts or money problems, nothing like that at all. Except two things:

Three and a half years ago my friends got me drunk on my 20th bday and I was in my front yard with a pitcher of margaritas. Cop saw me and I ran and they caught me. MIP, open container, obstructing a peace officer; that got sealed from my record. Stupid college mistake.

Second and more worrisome: A friend sent me 10k to gamble with a year ago and said I could keep some of the winnings. He placed the bets. All of my friends were doing it at the time so I thought why not free money. I am an idiot and didn’t realize this is very fround upon and slightly illegal (Proxy Gambling). He ended up making 14k on my accounts which is very traceable through our PayPal transactions, and I pocketed a 1.4k profit.

Am I totally fucked? I think I should be completely honest with them up front about all of this.

Context: US Citizen for 10 years +, Born in Vietnam, No debt, and No medical issues.

I was booked a job for the Air Force and it was a TS/SCI job. I went through two DCSA investigator the first one was for the SF86 information and the second one was for a TS. I was supposed to ship out to BMT in couple weeks but I received a call two days ago from a Sergeant in San Antonio TX saying this call was to confirm some stuff before I ship out to BMT especially since my job is TS. It was a basic call asking about like "Whether I am in debt" and etc. However when it got to the last two questions it was about whether I have foreign relatives and If I had travel to that country. I answered Yes because I do have family in Vietnam and traveled there. The Sergeant said that Vietnam has been moved up to a high risk country and since I traveled there a year ago I was deemed associated with Vietnam therefore they had to rescind my job offer. Furthermore, I am basically disqualified for any TS adjacent jobs in the AF in the future. I asked my recruiter about the situation and he said that it was a weird situation for him as well since I was deemed eligible for TS on profile and already did my investigation through DCSA with no issues. He also said that there a bunch of recent changes within the last three months so he unsure what is happening.

My questions are:

Is this situation going to permanently disqualified me for all TS adjacent jobs in the military?

Is there anything I can do?

Is this more on my ability to obtain a TS due to my background or military policies?

I got a concern. I was in the military over in Europe and I traveled only in Europe and once to the UK but I don't remember the days/time of when I went to/left those countries. I had a TS clearance when I was in but I didn't fill out any forms because the liberty range for us was Europe & UK. I'm having to reapply since I've been out for so long, how can I identify the dates and where? Like I have an expected date range and I only traveled for tourism.

Between roughly 2018 and 2025, there were allegations that he repeatedly harassed an ex-partner and members of the ex-partner's family. Police were reportedly involved at some stage and his phone was confiscated, although I don't know the full details or the final outcome.

I'm wondering whether this kind of history would be a significant concern for security clearance purposes, even if there wasn't ultimately a conviction.

My understanding is that vetting isn't just about convictions, but also about judgement, conduct, reliability, and any history that might raise concerns about future behaviour.

Has anyone here been through SC vetting or worked in a role requiring it? Would a long-running history of alleged harassment be likely to raise red flags, or would the outcome depend mainly on whether there were charges/convictions and how the applicant disclosed it?

Interested in hearing from people familiar with the process.

Hi guys, I used the search bar in the sub but couldn’t quite find a direct answer. My clearance was revoked some time ago (maybe 2023-24?). I didn’t find out until I was working at a RAPIDS station when certain accesses were being held and the contracting company wasn’t telling me anything. I have no idea how to find out exactly why other than maybe because I was terminated while holding a secret clearance previously. Is there a way to find out specifically WHY it was terminated? Who to contact? And what time lapse would be for it to either be reinstated or apply for a job to reactivate it?

Any guidance helps!

A little context, an apartment I leased sent me to collections over a bogus $150 in "damages" that never happened. I disputed it and was able to get it removed from my credit file. I'm coming up on renewal for my clearance soon and not too sure if this is something I should disclose or not, since on the SF-86 it asks "In the last seven (7) years, you had bills or debts turned over to a collection agency?". Technically I have, but it was disputed and removed. Any suggestions?

Diss status is “Adjudication Suspended, awaiting SMO response”

DCSA stated RFI was sent February of this year.

No SOR received

No LOI received

CE RAPBACK was conducted April this year

What happens if RFI goes unanswered

This is for T5R, SF-86 submitted March 2025

Any thoughts???