Its sometimes nice to take a break from software/digital engineering and build stuff in the real physical world. Feels like a vacation for my brain almost.
One of the first things I was taught in a freshman CIT class was "Don't forget about paper! It has its place!" Not saying pilots should have to carry around heavy paper charts...but yeah.
It's being done [1] :) I met the CEO, Jose, this weekend in Bremen and he gave a fascinating dinner talk. They are making great advances with the balloon technology. I think we're going to see a lot of novel launch concepts for small satellites in the coming decade, seeing as cluster launches aren't desirable for a number of reasons.
I wouldn't move back to Atlanta unless I had a job ITP....I worked in Alpharetta for 2 years right out of school and hated the location...all of the action is near midtown/ponce/buckhead
Yep, not the best place for right out of school job, but it's heaven on earth if you are with a family and want to settle down. When I go out today, (not as often as before) we less go to a buckhead rave party, and more to each other's huge basements playing pool / watch movies in our 3D home cinemas drinking from our home made bar because of all the money saved from living in Alpharetta ;) (sorry, was mixing a bit of fantasy with reality, but I have 2 kids and I go out every week or so, it's just that things change with time, especially after getting married and having kids, at least for me...)
