The route of taking a technology degree and applying It to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and making a living out of it is just what I want. I came to like technology years ago, being a gamer and all. However, after I joined the cisco program at the high school I loved it. Now wanting to go to the FBI didn’t occur to me until watching the tv show “The Blacklist”. The pay is really nice too. The job description of the Information and Technology Branch is as follows Delivering the reliable and effective technology solutions needed to fulfill the FBI’s mission anytime, anywhere, on-time, and on-budget; and leading the strategic direction for the FBI’s information technology through the strategic plan, portfolio management, and governance …show more content…
Each special agent must have the knowledge, skills, commitment, and fortitude to investigate terrorists, spies, and a boat load of dangerous criminals. The basics to be a FBI agent includes over 800 hours, including a variety of web-based courses, in four major concentrations: academics, case exercises, firearms training, and operational skills. New agent training lasts approximately 20 weeks. It’s a tough regimen, but trainees don’t go it alone, they are supported by their classmates. Agent trainees get a variety of fitness training and must pass a standardized physical fitness test. On top of all this, new agents must go through a firearms course, operational skills and case exercises. Agents also study a broad range of subjects in the fundamentals of law, ethics, behavioral science, interviewing and report writing, basic and advanced investigative and intelligence techniques, interrogation, and forensic science. Students learn how to manage and run counterterrorism, counterintelligence, weapons of mass destruction, cyber, and criminal