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Not just my job, but the entire industry I'm in. I get paid really well, and I like some of the fine details, but overall I don't like it. My skill-set isn't very transferable either.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm based in Europe so I don't know too well how it works in the US, but if you work for eg Airbus space over here, you won't be working on aircraft or missiles, just space.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Those might exist, but the big players are all focused on the government work. It wouldn't surprise me if the avionics in a commercial Boeing plane are the same as the military with a few bits removed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I think that's probably true. But the avionics in a satellite are wildly different. And, at least where I work, we use a lot of FPGA.