Working here is like being stuck between the Twilight Zone and the Exorcist. Upper management is toxic. While many reviews display awe for the core group, the sad truth is that they are stuck in the 1980s in terms of technology. I suspect many stay at Cycorp because the skills they learn here are outdated and finding a good job with 1980s skills is a no-op. It is easy for them to be big fish in a small pond in another dimension.
The technology is not really very impressive. It is intelligent in the way that Data on the Next Generation reads off time estimates to the microsecond when everyone really just wants to know what day it is. In other words, it's artificially non-intelligent to specify how many microseconds we are into a day given the desire to know only what the day is. That precision is the product of the top-dog's attempt to impress, but stating more than is needed is unintelligent - not intelligent.
There is some kind of revolving door between DARPA and Cycorp. This revolving door probably has more to do with why Cycorp continues to receive funding than it has to do with the value of Cycorp's work. This is my humble opinion, but I stand by it.
