throwaway12017

Sound fair. I'll have to watch the videos to get a better opinion.

What is the goal of these trainings? To get a taste so you understand the conversation? There is a lot more to data science than neural networks, and I'm skeptical that teaching one family of models will create a set of implementers that don't compare and contrast solutions.

NASA has a classification of software into class A, class B, class C, etc. Class A is human spaceflight, class B is critical non-human spaceflight, and the rest is non-critical software.

The amount of process and oversight is highest at class A, and lowest at class E. If you are developing class E, you can do pretty much whatever you want and your team doesn't even need any training in software engineering.

I will copy and paste my reply from your last thread:

NASA, like many large organizations known for prestigious accomplishments, can struggle to meet the needs of those doing the enterprise work (like internal HR apps as you mentioned). Especially in a place like the government, people's ego's feel small, and they try to compensate by making their projects bigger, grander, and overstated. This just results in bloat, too much talking, and BS as you mentioned.

I'm sorry you had that experience. If you ever consider coming back, I'd recommend getting involved with something more directly related to space applications.