Who wants to become a spy?

[JoJoGabor]

I got thrown out of MI6 years ago for being too tough!

[mudskipper]

Lateral thinking.
Got to the 'You did it' page without cracking the code.

It's not very exciting.

[PAH]

It's not very exciting.

Sums up working in government, even the more 'exotic' departments of MI5/MI6.

Why else would their operatives be amusing themselves by trying to see if they fit in a suitcase?

[TimberWolf]

Sums up working in government, even the more 'exotic' departments of MI5/MI6.

Why else would their operatives be amusing themselves by trying to see if they fit in a suitcase?

Probably takes a while to figure out a good way of locking it from the outside.

[PAH]

Probably takes a while to figure out a good way of locking it from the outside.

They should have put it on a website to see if the public could work it out.

[OwlHoot]

The work does actually sound pretty interesting. Shame about the derisory salaries though.

Obviously these are starter jobs, and one has to hope the salary scales rise steeply, or else you'd need rich (and generous) parents or a high-earning partner to even contemplate working there.

[doodab]

It's almost worth doing it and then quitting just to get the DV clearance.

I can't imagine they would seriously offer 30k to someone with a family in their 30s or 40s if they were actually good enough.

I'm tempted to have a go but I have way too many skeletons in my closet

[Sysman]

Lateral thinking.
Got to the 'You did it' page without cracking the code.

It's not very exciting.

I like that approach.

The Register had a better headline with Crack GCHQ's code and become the next James Bond. I immediately thought "What would James Bond do here?", and the answer didn't involve working it out himself, but stealing the answer from a heavily guarded vault or coercing it out of someone (cue pretty lady and the chance to use his charm on her).

[mudskipper]

I like that approach.

The Register had a better headline with Crack GCHQ's code and become the next James Bond. I immediately thought "What would James Bond do here?", and the answer didn't involve working it out himself, but stealing the answer from a heavily guarded vault or coercing it out of someone (cue pretty lady and the chance to use his charm on her).

Well thank you.