> younger engineers often have the capability but not the inclination
Kids these days... Why would someone in their right mind think working on the Voyager project could damage their careers? You can work on new and fancy tools all you want to improve supporting tools, and it's still one of the coolest space missions active. Plus, it has a real end - at some point, support will be further reduced and the person will move on to another space exploration job, with the extra golden star of having been on the Voyager.
glimshe•21m ago
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.
bombcar•15m ago
Even all that to the side, it lets you say you worked on the Voyager project!
lexicality•12m ago
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?!
anthonj•8m ago
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.
RagnarD•7m ago
It's mind boggling that they didn't digitize every last scrap of paper around the project years ago, for starters.
tech-no-logical•6m ago
I highly recommend watching "Its Quieter in the Twilight" (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9rrxr)
a cool documentary about the engineers still running voyager (a lot of them have been on it for decades)
rbanffy•43m ago
Kids these days... Why would someone in their right mind think working on the Voyager project could damage their careers? You can work on new and fancy tools all you want to improve supporting tools, and it's still one of the coolest space missions active. Plus, it has a real end - at some point, support will be further reduced and the person will move on to another space exploration job, with the extra golden star of having been on the Voyager.
glimshe•21m ago
bombcar•15m ago
lexicality•12m ago
I wouldn't normally approve of CV driven development, but for this?!
anthonj•8m ago
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.