After stealing his former employer's secrets and giving many of them away, Snowden's track record might not endear（使亲密） him to very many who work in human resources. But Snowden has had to fend² off "a lot" of job offers since he fled the United States this summer, including one from Russia's version of Facebook, VKontakte.

 

To future employers, what Snowden did when he left the NSA may be less valuable than his attitude — self-confident, independent, opinionated（固执己见的）.

 

"The act that made him famous was singular," David Auerbach, a former Google and Microsoft engineer, wrote in Slate³ in June. "Snowden himself is not."

 

Besides, despite his sometimes abrasive⁴ exterior⁵, Snowden is still the same, highly skilled technician he was before he became a leaker. So long as those skills remain sharp, Snowden will probably keep thriving.

 

In technology, as with many industries, where you've been is interesting. What you're capable of is more important.

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