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Professional rivalries. But IMO, NASA engineers are some of the best and many approach the “scary smart” or renaissance levels of breath & depth of intelligenc
by oso2k 7y ago
Professional rivalries. But IMO, NASA engineers are some of the best and many approach the “scary smart” or renaissance levels of breath & depth of intelligence. Also, on the whole, at least at JPL, our engineers were some of the most ethical in terms of personal accountability and corporate accountability. Fewer ethics violations and higher accuracy in identifying and reporting ethics violations especially as compared to the rest of the industry.
- exdsq 7y agoIs there a general sort of background for a JPL engineer? Do they tend to come in straight after university or do they join later in their careers? It must be fun to work on such critical systems with so little margin for error.
- oso2k 7y agoPhysics, Engineering, Math, Science, CS were obviously prized backgrounds. Over the last 10 years, I think JPL is diversifying but I couldn’t be sure. When I joined as an intern in 2002 out of college, there was a huge push for youth. It used to be that more than 40% of The Lab had 20 years or more experience at The Lab. 33% were due to retire within 10 years. My first mentor there retired after 42 years with The Lab. It was an amazing place to learn and grow in my 20s. Awesome problems to work on and even more amazing people, humans, to work with. You can see what they’re looking for here https://jpl.jobs/ https://jpl.jobs/
- exdsq 7y agoInteresting! It’s up there with X as one of the top companies I’d love to work for but I’m a UK citizen which writes JPL off, unfortunately I can only admire it from the outside!
- WWLink 7y agoQuestion for ya: Are the outsider recruiters of any use? I've been contacted by them before but I get the impression you're better off just applying.
- oso2k 7y agoRecruiters don’t seem to be useful. Apply on your own.