Components Manufacturing Engineer: Frictionless Freedom Units with Dan Korus

This week the post looks reasonable: a components manufacturing engineer in Los Angeles for a venture-backed aviation company. Then you read "hypersonic," then "Department of War," and then the part where one person owns an entire facility's manufacturing capability... mentoring technicians, running the sheet metal shop, fixing the laser welder at 9 p.m., and standing up quality processes for hardware that cannot be allowed to fail.

All for a salary so low that you'd be living in a closet with a bunkmate. Guest roaster Dan Korus (Kestryl Edge, The Updraft) brings the manufacturing bona fides to break down why this ad reads like a defence prime's wishlist on a startup's budget, why the quality/production overlap is a compliance nightmare, and why the "three-plus years of experience" line is the funniest sentence in the whole document.

Check out the episode page for the full job ad, notes, and put on your own judge's hat by adding your score for the job ad here : https://roastthepost.show/p/components-manufacturing-engineer-frictionless-freedom-units-guest-dan-korus

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