[rbanffy]

12 hours a day, but in exchange you get to build spaceships.

Of course, it all depends on how passionate you are about space. If I lived in NZ and had the expertise for it (my really serious embedded stints ended in college), I'd be there in a flash.

[kobeya]

The novelty of "building spaceships" rubs off very fast.

[6d6b73]

>Of course, it all depends on how passionate you are about space.

How about being more passionate about spending time with my own kids, and being able to teach them about all the cool stuff like science, space, robotics etc.. What is it with companies that want claim to build cool stuff to better the humanity, but forget that the people are what's really important?

[valuearb]

You can always do that stuff later. Changing the world has always been for those willing to sacrifice.

[6d6b73]

Taking care of your family is the best way to change the world for the better.

[rbanffy]

I remember the bittersweet interviews of many Apollo program engineers. That work cost many marriages but, in the end, they sent people to walk on another world and brought them back, forever changing the way we see ourselves in the universe.

To do hard things is hard. I won't say this specific job requires 12-hour days - that's probably because this is such a capital-intensive endeavor. There aren't many hard deadlines when launching to LEO.