I would go further... This project gives a rare opportunity for a young engineer to learn to build truly mission critical, resilient software while requiring complete, top to bottom understanding of the software and hardware stack.

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anthonj an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I am no longer a junior, but would have been upset to be tasked with refreshing the old historical obsolete laundry (no matter how sacred or distinguished), expecially when I already had experience delivering safety critical products packing much more modern technologies.

The opportunity they would be offering is not rare at all! The opportunity to research and design something truly new on the other way is very scarce.

	▲	rbanffy 26 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		What have you worked on that is as cool as a space probe that's cruising in interstellar space and still collecting valuable data? There are a lot of things as cool as, done by people I know, such as the gyros on the Webb telescope, the APU in the F-35, or a small rack-mountable Cesium reference clock, but there aren't many opportunities like that.

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bombcar an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Even all that to the side, it lets you say you worked on the Voyager project!

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lexicality an hour ago | parent | next [-]

If I'm reviewing CVs and I see that you worked at NASA on the Voyager code, you're getting an interview just so I can ask about it.

I wouldn't normally approve of CV driven development, but for this?!

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xingped an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I agree, and I would think the same, but I also feel like many things I've been sold as "door openers" for interviews unfortunately tend to ultimately be things that no one cares about.

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PurpleRamen 26 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

But would you give them a job? Would they even match the requirements?

	▲	rbanffy 24 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I would assume they have built some key problem-solving skills that can be valuable. Training in tooling is much easier than building the right mindset.

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bigfatkitten 24 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

There are a whole lot of people in this thread who would rather tell their grandkids that they worked on web apps and sold ads.

	▲	rbanffy 22 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It's a tragedy some of our best minds are dedicated to that, and digital surveillance so their corporate masters can sell better targeted ads with a higher click-thru rate.