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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)
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[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 43 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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.

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 30 points 11 months ago

Email the CIA. Apply for military intelligence.

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hello CIA,

How's it going?

[-] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 43 points 11 months ago

Doing alright, how you doing?

[-] pm_me_your_quackers@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

5 month old account lmao

[-] Stunning@lemmy.zip 10 points 11 months ago

We will be in touch.

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

I think I just shit myself.

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

... We've rescinded our be in touch.

[-] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 3 points 11 months ago

Hey, you’re not CIA - you’re the bald guy from the XCOM council!

[-] Fondots@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

You're not supposed to talk about such messages. They're only for you.

[-] Finite@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

The CIA has an internship program for college grads

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months 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.

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

They recruit from college students studying Chinese, Arabic, Russian...

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

At my university my whole class was invited to a seminar about how and why to join the Australian secret intelligence service as an intel officer.

[-] knobbysideup@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months 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.

this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2023
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