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> But “just the skill without an associated degree” means this is a slog

Deeply intimate with this one. I live in an area completely dependent on defense contracting. I dropped out of my degree program years ago, but have an aerospace engineer friend who I handle software for if a project requires it.

Had the experience of running some flight tests this summer; the dinner conversation with the outside client, other consultants about who I am and what I do is soul crushing. Yeah, I took a week off my landscaping job to do this, will go right back to working it when your project is done.




Why can’t you continue your degree program or transfer the existing credits if this is a bottleneck?




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