Any thoughts on working as a contractor for NASA?

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If you like space/aeronautics you’ll love it. The feds are really passionate and tend to be harder working than the feds I’ve encountered elsewhere. That being said, it’s a very academic atmosphere so their thinking isn’t always clear when it comes to planing things like meetings and timelines for projects. You will also regularly encounter individual feds jockeying for their pet research project so if you’re working on a project that touches multiple areas of the agency it can create some conflict and waryness as to whether the feedback/guidance you’re getting is what’s best for the project or best for that person.

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Loved working at NASA HQ!

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it really depends on which office you’re supporting...you’ll be surprised how incompetent some teams are there

What office is incompetent?

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Hi Everyone,
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If a candidate went through the first offenders program and the charges were discharged without court adjudication of guilty and exonerated, will said charges show up in an employer fingerprinting background check?

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