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Job titles held over my career:
Aircraft Instrumentation Operations Engineer
Telemetry and Power Systems Engineer
Lead Data Scientist
Tactical Air Warfare Analyst
Enterprise Systems Engineer
Just about every engineer from the UK that I worked with in F-35 flight test would immediately buy a sports car, large truck, or boat. They could not believe how much more they made here in the US.

As engineers would end their time in the US and new ones came over, cars and trucks got passed on
I've seen it with ex-AWE people, friends have seen it with UK MoD and BAE people who hopped over for F-35... they come over here, go "wait I make HOW much now??" and go wild
March 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Absolute disaster as a planned review was cancelled the day before it was supposed to happen as we collectively realized our shit was not together
November 15, 2024 at 6:11 PM
I beg of you: don’t model things you don’t understand
October 31, 2024 at 12:07 AM
We toast our hearty comrades
who have fallen from the sky,
And were gently caught by God's own hand
To be with Him on high,
To dwell among the soaring clouds
They’ve known so well before,
From victory roll to tail chase
At heavens' very door.
October 20, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Who are high Signal to Noise (SNR) posters here in engineering, technology, mathematics, history, programming, space, and other nerdy topics? Recommendations, please.
October 17, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Good morning, it’s time to talk enterprise requirements and owned data products!
October 17, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Relieving stress by implementing stuff from textbooks
October 17, 2024 at 3:30 AM
I'm going to post more technical, thoughtful material here and save shitposting for the other site.
October 17, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Maybe posting here will be more like the old days of Twitter.com
October 17, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Some older platforms have seen a renaissance (who would have thought the AIM-120B would be so damned good when used as a SAM? Better than we expected) through their use in Ukraine
February 6, 2024 at 8:49 PM
F-35C Tailhook thread 🧵
February 6, 2024 at 5:12 PM
I will kick things off here by cross posting my biggest Twitter thread.
February 6, 2024 at 5:02 PM