When I finished my MS degree back in 1990 I tried to apply for a job at SpaceX. At that time however, all the engineering positions required a minimum of a Ph.D. At the time I jokingly heard that even the receptionist at the front door had a Ph.D. in something.
May have been an urban myth, but I never did get a job with them.
The goals of the Falcon 9/Dragon program are the reason I wanted to work for them.
This success shows what happens when a space program has a long term, forward looking mission statement, has relentless leadership, and has a stable, properly funded budget over a long period of time. The last time this happened was when NASA was charged with putting a man on the moon and safely returning him to earth by the end of the 1960's. Hasn't happened since.
Here's to many more successful firsts for a company that is doing space correctly.
Dantassii
BS, MS, partial completion of Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering
Why yes, I am a Rocket Scientist....