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If other countries can afford massive internet pysops why can't I find a job in the states where I get to meme and troll all day for the US military? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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[–] [S] 42 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

At least let me apply. Or is this some recruit type situation where they meet me in a dark alley and burn off my fingerprints.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Email the CIA. Apply for military intelligence.

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  • [–] [S] 18 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Hello CIA,

    How's it going?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    We will be in touch.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    You know years ago I heard a recruitment ad for the CIA on the radio, and that caught me a little off guard, I always kind of assumed the CIA personally reached out to specific candidates and hired through shady back channels and such and didn't really do open recruitment.

    I guess it makes sense though, for every James Bond type super spy there's probably a hundred different random office staff, IT guys, clerks, mailroom guys, secretaries, janitors, accountants, etc. who handle boring day-to-day operational stuff and rarely or never get to see any of the crazy spy craft stuff happening.

    And I guess once you land one of those jobs, maybe you can get your foot in the door for eventual promotion to International Man of Mystery.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The CIA has an internship program for college grads

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I looked into it, and honestly compared to most private sector internships it seemed terrible, one of the alphabet agency internships I looked at was unpaid maybe all of them. And it was the most stereotypical intern stuff. Organizing files and the like.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    If you have the background and get the right head hunter, you can get sponsored for your TS/SCI. I used to work for a place....

    I will tell you, however, that working in a SCIF is not as awesome as it looks on TV.

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