> Where once GCHQ et al were desirable places to work
From a US perspective, Britain has low salaries in the private sector, but the civil service is even worse.
You would have to squint carefully at the benefits before joining.
From a US perspective, Britain has low salaries in the private sector, but the civil service is even worse.
You would have to squint carefully at the benefits before joining.
You have to have quite the vantage point to have insight like that.
It’s more than likely that you all on the other side of the Atlantic aren’t our betters
Best of all, I get to work on systems which touch entire populations.
I guess Type-X personalities need not apply.
All of which has essentially led to the proliferation of greymarkets for exploits like Zerodium et al.
The situation is likely far worse for the States than the UK as the salary differential is greater and the agencies can only hire citizens. Do note that the US government is now the biggest buyer of malware on the planet, not really that surprising when you look at the circumstances.