Gauntleteer

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   by Gauntleteer 5y ago

   I work for the Keck Observatory (engineer). Far as I know we do not have any 3D animators on staff. We produce images from our science instruments for the astronomers to download and they all eventually end up here: https://www
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   by Gauntleteer 6y ago

   Replacing old stuff is a challenge. What is the effort to spin up a whole new widget that does the task, and how do we test it sufficiently to prove it has the same results as the old one? Do you need to run it on sky? If so, can you swi
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   by Gauntleteer 6y ago

   OK that's a good set of questions. 1) Is our job different from product development in the real world? Yes. I have worked for big business, I've done startups. It's categorically different here. We are responsible to main
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   by Gauntleteer 6y ago

   I work for Keck as a software engineer. What do you want to know? It's not all upside, working for pure science like this. We like to "fly the prototype", so to speak. Despite the challenges of it being a 25 year old pair
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   by Gauntleteer 6y ago

   I work at the Keck Observatory. The author of the article is the director. She's been working with us for 25 years and is as close to family as you can get. We're all on a first name basis here!