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From: johnson@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Wayne D. T. Johnson)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: NASA Bureaucracy - it's for the birds
Keywords: astronaut qualifications
Message-ID: <993@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Date: 19 Jan 89 19:49:11 GMT
References: <15855@genrad.UUCP>
Reply-To: johnson@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Wayne D. T. Johnson)
Organization: NCR Comten, Inc.
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In article <15855@genrad.UUCP> dls@genrad.com (Diana L. Syriac) writes:
>
>                                                             According to
>NASA, you're not even considered to be an engineer if you don't have that
>little piece of paper called a Bachelor's degree.  They require "3 years 
>of experience in your field AFTER you have a Bachelor's degree".
>

I agree, this is STUPID.  As a Software Engineer with 10 years experiance
and going to school part time myself, I can really apreciate your position.

Its bad enough getting turned down for a job when you don't have a degree
but plenty of experiance but this is just plain dumb.  How can NASA expect
to compete for the all too few (according to Mr. Quayle) engineers in the 
industry when they do this.  

Might I suggest a call to your senator, and possibly a letter to Mr. Quayle 
(I'd tell you to phone him but I wouldn't know where to get the phone number).


>And before those of you of the male gender say, "Well, how come you didn't
>go to school 3 or 4 times a week instead of just 2 times a week", stop to
>consider that being a full-time mother includes all housework and shopping, 
>finding babysitters (which are always difficult to locate), ferrying the
>kids to their extracurricular activities, being a brownie leader and a 
>cub scout leader and a soccer coach all at the same time......and still
>finding time for yourself.  Would you suggest instead that I tell my kids
>that I just don't have time for them (shame on you for even thinking that!)?
>
I must commend you on this, not many people could do as well as you did.
-- 
Wayne Johnson                 (Voice) 612-638-7665
NCR Comten, Inc.             (E-MAIL) W.Johnson@StPaul.NCR.COM or
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