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[quote=Anonymous][quote=NASAguy]I'm 56 and have been a NASA contractor for 29 years.  I have 10 year old twins, so I will be working here at least another 12 years until they graduate college.

But there are many people at NASA who work well into their 60s and even quite a few who work into their 70s.  This agency has won best large agency in the federal government like 8 of the last 10 years.  It is a fantastic place to work and people love it here.   NASA values experience, especially relevant experience needed for science and engineering positions but also people who know how to work the system to get things done.  Older people often have very valuable institutional knowledge that is prized here.  [/quote]

Hah, didn't know there were other NASA folk here.  I work at GSFC as well.  Curious if you know how much salaries are for your contractor? Mine starts out crazy low (70ks) and then we tend to top out at $150k unless business development/proposal side.  Is your company about the same?

We have many older people, partly because I think salaries top out early so there's not too much savings in pushing out and replacing ($150k vs $70k for a freshout)[/quote]

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