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Originally Posted by Gretch
So, in the final analysis, be careful who you choose to mentor, not all candidates are worthy students...in fact most ARE NOT.
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Great post - all of it, but especially the above. We get some clinkers but we are polite and respectful and let them ease out the door without drama.
We also do interview and it can be eye-opening. I had an interview with a young man I thought was going to be perfect for some detailed spreadsheet work we had last summer building a proposal: cost schedule, hours the whole deal. My goal was to get him up to speed and do course corrections with him. I build these things in my sleep. Easy day.
Great resume, grades, William and Mary business track, etc.
He shows up on time with his Mom. I introduce myself, and ask if I can get Mrs. X anything while her son and I talk.
"That won't be necessary...we'll both meet with you."
He is looking at his phone and Mrs. X looks like a long day at the Mall, but I can't help myself.
"Alright. We'll use the conference room."
Our full time young engineers are really something: We just unfortunately lost a PhD candidate in Aero to the Army. She is from a small ranch in Wyoming and right out of central "couldn't be a better young woman" central casting. We just couldn't compete with the GS perks the Army offered, oddly enough after she and I briefed the Army on the canister launched UAS that grew out of the earlier picture I posted. Oh, well.
Her design improvements after we flew the original design in some Navy Experiments was nothing short of fantastic. Amazing stuff. I have dinner with she and her husband once a month or so and she is flourishing, duh, and is happy.
She is one example of six high speed, low drag under 30 engineers working for us.
I write that because I had never really encountered a helicopter Mom until then.
What a performance.
Neither of them got the internship
