UK Recruiting Codebreakers Via Social Networks

Demerara writes in with a story about a unique codebreaking competition sponsored by the UK government. "UK intelligence agency GCHQ has launched a code-cracking competition to help attract new talent. The organization has invited potential applicants to solve a visual code posted at an unbranded standalone website. The challenge has also been 'seeded' to social media sites, blogs and forums. A spokesman said the campaign aimed to raise the profile of GCHQ to an audience that would otherwise be difficult to reach. 'The target audience for this particular campaign is one that may not typically be attracted to traditional advertising methods and may be unaware that GCHQ is recruiting for these kinds of roles,' the spokesman said."

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additionally, if you are smart, you'll probably choose to find yourself a better job/salary in the industry instead of picking a govt position during time of austerity.

Almost every part of industry is going to be vulnerable when the Chinese decide it's time to go independent and finally pull the plug on the dollar. However, you do know what GCHQ does? Don't you? It's primary job is to spy on Americans (for legal reasons the NSA isn't allowed do, so they spy on Europeans, Ozzies and the rest of the world in return for GCHQ spying on Americans). The more the US economy collapses; the more movements like Occupy start demanding money goes out of US politics, the more work there is going to be for GCHQ.

It is not a coincidence that just now, as the US crash is coming, as the UK is having it's most brutal public service cuts in years, is the first time you have heard of GCHQ which can usually recruit directly from top universities having to have a public recruiting campaign. This may well be the only place where you will be able to have a state pension and negotiate to keep it with reasonable terms. This is certainly the place which the US will keep paying for even when they stop paying for every other part of their own army. Especially when they stop paying for every other part of their own army.