Spire Global
San Francisco, CA USA
“Even if you aren’t good at something starting out, if you are impassioned by it, then that passion will eventually drive you to a certain level of skill that will make you more useful than you ever thought you could be.”
Satellite Operations Engineer
I'm an engineer for a satellite-powered data company supporting everyday satellite operations.
As a satellite operations engineer, a great day is when we make successful contact with a newly-deployed batch of satellites at the earliest opportunity. I also do some customer experience work getting new customers successfully using our product with no snags in onboarding and setup.
Here's the first step for high school students
If your high school offers programming classes, take them. I wish I took one before going to college. For me, there are few things more rewarding than learning how to tell a computer to do something you used to do manually. Attend job fairs and information sessions about companies you are interested in.
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