I played golf with a retired fed recently and we had a really good time. He worked for the FBI on a team focused on child sex crimes. Fucking grim, but interesting work given my similar interest in serial sexual homicide. We don't talk about much of that stuff on the course (most of the people I know have dark careers), but there are some decent feds on an individual level. I still don't regret not pursuing the FBI though.
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El Guirri 4 days ago
Please elaborate on "interest in serial sexual homicide" sir ๐Ÿคช๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿคฃ
My plan in early high school was to go into law enforcement, work in homicide, and eventually apply for a position with the FBI, ideally working with these sorts of crimes. I decided against that pursuit, but the interest stuck with me and I've studied it ever since. It's a bizarre interest without context though. The fascination originally began with my curiosity around how I had a very similar childhood and experiences compared to some of the popular criminals in that arena yet didnt turn out like that (this started as a basic psychology interest of why I did certain things, which led me to this topic). My search into that led me to a very uncomfortable conclusion that I was very good at understanding some of the important concepts quite naturally. My father and grandfather were schizophrenic, which also exposed me to psychiatric issues quite early. I suppose I probably wasted a gift because it felt like a curse when I was younger. I probably would have been very good in that career but I was ashamed to admit how I'd came to it and let it go.
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El Guirri 4 days ago
Thanks for sharing. Interesting. I'd guess there's a lot of people who don't pursue things due to percieved shame. We are very guided in life by formative years, can take a long time to work through internal understanding. Also, regardless of the negative side of "the Feds", there's a lot of good people trying to work for good. Actually recently read book by ex FBI chap. You read "never split the difference"? Great book but also interesting anecdotes from career
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