Comments on: Re: NASA Careers http://www.opennasa.com/2008/11/19/re-nasa-careers/ Your NASA, My NASA, OUR NASA Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:14:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Open NASA » Blog Archive » Student Opportunities at NASA http://www.opennasa.com/2008/11/19/re-nasa-careers/comment-page-1/#comment-9815 Open NASA » Blog Archive » Student Opportunities at NASA Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:56:33 +0000 http://www.opennasa.com/2008/11/19/re-nasa-careers/#comment-9815 [...] few weeks ago we were talking about career opportunities at NASA.  I received a number of emails from students [...] [...] few weeks ago we were talking about career opportunities at NASA.  I received a number of emails from students [...]

]]> By: T.C. Judd http://www.opennasa.com/2008/11/19/re-nasa-careers/comment-page-1/#comment-8862 T.C. Judd Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:41:08 +0000 http://www.opennasa.com/2008/11/19/re-nasa-careers/#comment-8862 Great post with lots of helpful information! Let me simply affirm your second point of advice re: working for a contractor. In my limited experience at JSC (2 years), most of the CS folks I work with in the EVA community do just that...come on board as a contractor, do well at what they're doing, and get picked up for a CS spot. This is the path that I've taken--I will swap badges mid-December. Civil service and contractor roles both have their pros and cons, and I certainly have nothing negative to say about either, the roles/responsibilities are just different. Probably the best career advice I ever got was from my first Air Force squadron commander. She said, "The most important job to your career is the one you're in right now." That advice has never failed and has opened up some pretty awesome opportunities through the years...so I'll share it here. Great post with lots of helpful information!

Let me simply affirm your second point of advice re: working for a contractor. In my limited experience at JSC (2 years), most of the CS folks I work with in the EVA community do just that…come on board as a contractor, do well at what they’re doing, and get picked up for a CS spot. This is the path that I’ve taken–I will swap badges mid-December.

Civil service and contractor roles both have their pros and cons, and I certainly have nothing negative to say about either, the roles/responsibilities are just different.

Probably the best career advice I ever got was from my first Air Force squadron commander. She said, “The most important job to your career is the one you’re in right now.” That advice has never failed and has opened up some pretty awesome opportunities through the years…so I’ll share it here.

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