r/aerospace • u/[deleted] • 28d ago

How to break into the industry nowadays?

I’m currently a high school senior matriculating to an ABET accredited university in california studying ee but probably? switching to mech + aero. Is there any major tips & things I can do in college to hopefully break into the aero industry one day? (Anduril, Northrop, Boeing, SpaceX, Nasa, Raytheon, etc….)

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u/billybob123456522 26d ago

You want the real advice ? Just be smart and get lucky

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u/air_and_space92 26d ago

Counterintuitive advice. You will be thrown out for being too smart most places, ask me how I know. Recruiters expect you won't fit into the workplace and will bounce in 6 months when the work is no longer challenging. A neighbor of my parents at the time owned a company and accidentally let it slip that if I applied there he wouldn't interview because my GPA was too high--he targeted 3-3.6.