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Awesome read! I worked on IFLOLS as a new grad software engineer during this time. Since leaving the government to work at various software startups, I miss re
by scirner22 3y ago
Awesome read! I worked on IFLOLS as a new grad software engineer during this time.
Since leaving the government to work at various software startups, I miss real world engineering like this.
- wolverine876 3y agoWhat do you mean by "real world engineering"? That is, how does it differ in your perception?
- euler_angles 3y agoI went from doing things like I describe in the blog post, to verifying and validating the most complex electronic warfare simulation the DOD has ever done, to being a developer of one of the enabling technologies of that simulation. I believe what I do now is important, but getting an issue past test and into the release that's sent to customers isn't nearly as satisfying as "I fixed the tailhook last night, which let today's flight test happen". I miss having an aircraft that I can touch.
- scirner22 3y agoWriting software to control a dynamic light plane compared to writing springboot rest apis.