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Everyone, this post is going on multiple forums/subreddits so I can get diverse feedback. Pardon the spam if you see it elsewhere:
I am retiring from the military in three years from a non-technical specialty. I have a bachelors in management. I will be 45 when I depart. I will have a security clearance.
I very much want to get into the space industry in some role. The field fascinates me, and after weighing lots of options I am fairly confident in the general direction I want to go. I am going to spend the next year getting my math and science skills from school (long ago) brushed up, and start knocking out preliminary course work in math through Differential Equations and a full Physics series.
I am interested in the technical aspects of the industry, but have no background in them. I have lots of management experience of diverse technical workers, but I am not sure how to leverage this. I am willing to go back to school, but I am not getting any younger and I would lose my clearance as it timed out… I figure that may help get a foot in the door, somewhere. I’ve looked at various online programs that I could get into after getting my math/science coursework done, but without a technical bachelors or hands on experience I am not sure if that will help or hurt. I’ve looked at FIT’s MS in Space Systems with interest.
I’m really on the beginning of the path here, but I’m looking for general feedback and advice from anyone in the industry and would love your thoughts as I try to figure out the way forward.
Thanks in advance!
I am retiring from the military in three years from a non-technical specialty. I have a bachelors in management. I will be 45 when I depart. I will have a security clearance.
I very much want to get into the space industry in some role. The field fascinates me, and after weighing lots of options I am fairly confident in the general direction I want to go. I am going to spend the next year getting my math and science skills from school (long ago) brushed up, and start knocking out preliminary course work in math through Differential Equations and a full Physics series.
I am interested in the technical aspects of the industry, but have no background in them. I have lots of management experience of diverse technical workers, but I am not sure how to leverage this. I am willing to go back to school, but I am not getting any younger and I would lose my clearance as it timed out… I figure that may help get a foot in the door, somewhere. I’ve looked at various online programs that I could get into after getting my math/science coursework done, but without a technical bachelors or hands on experience I am not sure if that will help or hurt. I’ve looked at FIT’s MS in Space Systems with interest.
I’m really on the beginning of the path here, but I’m looking for general feedback and advice from anyone in the industry and would love your thoughts as I try to figure out the way forward.
Thanks in advance!