Advice to Rocket Scientists
Advice to Rocket Scientists: A Career Survival Guide for Scientists and Engineers
Jim, Ph.D. Longuski,
Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast
ISBN: 156347655X
Edition: Paperback; 2004-01-15
Summary:
As a long-time NASA engineer and astronautics professor, Jim Longuski
watched first hand as gifted rocket scientists and students learned
their way around the lab only to lose their way in the board room.
Longuski decided to write what he calls a survival guide for rocket
scientists. In this small book, Longuski uses humor and personal
anecdotes to give engineers and scientists an edge in an industry in
which one gets ahead as much on interpersonal-skills as on technical
merits. If you are a rocket scientist, or want to become a rocket
scientist, or know and care about a rocket scientist then this book
is for you, Longuski explains in his introduction. The book is
especially valuable for those who are attempting career transitions,
whether from student to aerospace worker or from aerospace worker to
university researcher or teacher. Longuski explains how the work
place is different from the academic environment. He gives readers
real-world advice about how to find jobs, negotiate offers, and keep
bosses happy. He implores students to have confidence and speak
directly with potential employers rather than simply mailing in
resumes and hoping for the best. He tells readers how to produce
technical reports and give presentations that will keep colleagues
interested. In a chapter called What if the Rocket Doesnt Work? he
helps engineers cope with failure. Longuski presents a reality that
too many scientists and engineers ignore: Getting ahead and staying
happy involves mastering inter-office politics.
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