Pros
Working on weapons systems was interesting and I learned a lot.
Cons
Because a lot of project information was classified/not in print, you have to rely on others to get up to speed when joining a project team. All the teams I joined were long-standing. This meant there was a lot I had to know that wasn't written down. I had to rely on my team mate(s) in order to learn the complex mechanics of the particular system setup to do my job. Initially, the guy(s) assigned to help me would indeed be very helpful (I say guy(s) because there were no other women working directly with me). The instructions they would give me, however, would invariably be incomplete or inaccurate and I'd have to ask them questions. This is when the problems would arise. Asking questions was not seen as me trying to do my job but rather an attempt to get their attention(flirt). After about one month on a project, just about everything I said or did would be interpreted as a flirtation. When they would discover that I was not interested in flirting/dating, they would become unhelpful. Why I left Raytheon Missile Systems: career advancement, raises, bonuses, etc... are dependent on the anonymous peer review. I was worried that I would be receiving poor reviews from those unhelpful individuals.