Pros
NEON has been a tremendous experience working with a diversified group of professionals to create the largest ecological data collection system in the world. Battelle's management has made getting to the target construction goals possible. A truly challenging opportunity for people all over the United States, AK and Puerto Rico. This is the most rewarding project of my career. It is particularly fun to see young professionals and scientists grow and have the chance to move about the 20 domains (regional offices).
Cons
Building something new comes with many changes and problems. It has been difficult at times to create everything from scratch. Most systems and platforms are created in the minds of the scientists and engineer to make a vision to complete, this takes courageous people to undertake.