Diverse and Ambitious - Anonymous employee NASA Employee Review

4.0
Oct 16, 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

NASA Ames lives up to it's bay area culture. The center strives to be cutting edge, controversial, and exciting.

Cons

Ames is not well suited for the conservative individual who requires a high degree of structure and tradition.

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5.0
Jun 19, 2026
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Pros

Incredible WLB, impactful work, sense of pride when talking about what you do.

Cons

Have to work with legacy codebases often (like Fortran).

5.0
Jun 10, 2026
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Pros

Got to see cool rocket launches and good mentors.

Cons

The weather was bad and funding in a bad place.

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