Pros: contact with space agency engineers and developers, worked on space station 'freedom' projects, worked in beautiful new atrium building, one mile from my home
Cons: some employees frequented 'happy hour', social interractions led to many divorces, personal lives became a distraction at work
I was busy every day in the Management Information Systems division at the NASA contractor job. The management team was weak, and depended on the 'good ol' boy' methodolgy. Coworkers generally worked diligently each day. I transitioned out of the contractor position to work as an independend contractor on a direct NASA public relations project, compiling
– more... a book about NASA spinoff products for consumers - made from things developed for in-flight astronauts. That job took me to an Austin health fair to set up an exhibit of all such items for the purpose of educating the general public. I enjoyed that job very much. – less