[starpilot]

Might be true, but SpaceX is only hiring mechanical/aerospace engineering degree holders for the relevant positions: https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/4740817002?gh_jid=4...

> BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

> Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering

> 1+ years of experience designing and analyzing mechanical systems via professional work experience, project/research-based student experience, or a combination of both

which OP doesn't have. They're not just hiring randos who can do math, they're looking for people with specific backgrounds in this domain.

There are of course other jobs, like PR, graphic designers, accounting, HR, benefits, facilities, that require zero engineering background, that all big companies must have to just keep the lights on.

[C1sc0cat]

Dam I was 20ish and doing now what I did back then I might well stay in mech eng.

I did the specialised mech eng A1 BTEC in the UK that had been set up to service speclised industries - all but of my class worked in bleeding edge RnD.

I did identify in one class that a lump of wreckage was an A4 fuel pump (that is the Agerat 4 aka the V2)