Has anyone here ever transitioned from advertising to a similar creative role within the CIA?

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The...CIA?

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Yes. That one.

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I mean we both have war rooms. So should be an easy switch.

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Uhh…so going from a license to kill ideas to just killing?

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i hope you mean the culinary institute of america 💀💀💀💀

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I saw a CD posting. Almost applied but realized I’d have to stop taking gummies. So that was a hard pass. Top Secret clearance was so tempting.

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Is this job like dreaming up the backstories for the staged suicides of foreign adversaries?

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Is there another CIA that I’m not aware of?

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That’s just what someone who works at the CIA would say 😉

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How much would one make working for the CIA? It would be pretty nice to get a govt pension

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I knew someone who worked for the government. They weren’t allowed to travel outside of the US because they knew *too much information*

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Odds are you’ll be doing internal recruiting pamphlets and such.

On a cooler note: My friend’s father is a well known screenwriter. After 911 he and a number of others were asked by the administration to lend their expertise.

The government put them up in a hotel for 2 days while they brainstormed potential terrorist scenarios to help Homeland Security anticipate possible attacks.

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At SXSW a couple years back the CIA actually gave a talk on creative problem solving. It was good! They showed how they solved problems etc.

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This post is funnier when you consider that the CIA redesigned their recruiting site to look like an ad agency.

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Pls let us know how it goes OP! Would also love to know the benefits 👀

TIL dog groomers for the CIA make $60k

Seems like an easy transition. Making up lies to making up bigger lies.

It’s not lying. It’s just telling the truth in a better way.

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