Excellent Learning Opportunity - Cybersecurity Analyst SpaceX Employee Review

5.0
26 May 2022
Recommend
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Pros

- Work with some of the best and brightest in industry; analyze advanced / targeted threats - Great learning opportunities, and freedom to create and own new projects - Given large amount of responsibility early on - Generally good work-life balance, depending on team. Each person chooses to work longer if they want to, and projects may be so engaging that one dedicates more time automatically

Cons

- Under-staffed, difficult to hire new people due to high standards of interview process and existing time constraints. This causes excessive burden on staff, and make it more challenging to automate tasks or work on new projects

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Cons

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5.0
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Pros

* **Unmatched Mission & Impact:** You are literally working on rockets and spacecraft. The cool factor is 10/10. * **Brilliant Coworkers:** You will be surrounded by some of the smartest, most driven engineers in the world. * **Insane Career Growth:** SpaceX on your resume is a golden ticket. You will learn more here in 3 months than in 3 years at a normal company. * **Hands-on Experience:** They actually trust interns with real, critical hardware. No boring coffee-fetching tasks.

Cons

**Cons:** * **Zero Work-Life Balance:** 70-80 hours a week is the norm, not the exception. Say goodbye to your social life and sleep. * **Extreme Burnout:** The "hustle culture" is toxic. You are expected to treat the company as your entire life. * **Mediocre Pay:** The hourly pay is average, especially when you factor in the insane hours and the high cost of living in LA/Hawthorne. * **Chaotic Management:** Decisions can change overnight based on whatever Elon Musk tweets or feels like doing that morning.

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