Work
Current Position
What is an Electrical Engineer for the Technology Development Directorate?
Educational Background.
What is a bachelors in Electrical Engineering?
How Ella became affiliated with her current employer.
What is a career fair (their table was empty)?
Advice about the government.
What is "when in the government, use lots of words"?
How the government practices cybersecurity.
What is enforcing passcodes, CAC, and security clearances?
The type of work that Ella's company does.
What is the acquisition of drones, software development, and work with UA60s?
The ways the high school and college prepared for the workforce.
What is the schedule of high school and the technical experience from college prepared Ella for the workforce?
Ways networking helped to succeed.
What is helped outside of engineering to get a coaching job?
Advice about networking.
What is "just show good qualities, soft skills are just as important"?
Other areas of engineering that are utilized in the workplace.
What is Mechanical, Electrical, Software, and RF engineering?
A typical day on the job.
What is "planning stuff out": going to meetings, reviewing documents, preparing for tests, leading the radio and comms, and representing contractor officers?
Favorite classes in high school.
What is Intro to Engineering, Art, and Calculus?
Obstacles that were overcome, or learned from.
What is "freshman year, took physics, and had a terrible teacher. Everyone doubted her and told her to find another major, but she passed. Now she's an electrical engineer"?
Advice about getting experience.
What is "find hobbies in engineering"?
The difference between working with smaller, family-oriented companies and larger ones.
What is smaller companies care more about people, but it is more stressful working for them?
Least favorite classes in high school.
What are Earth Science and English?
The best thing about Ella's job.
What is "it's not the same thing over and over again"?
Advice about work.
What is "find things that make you happy. You’re going to get stuck behind a desk one day, so you might as well fall back on something you enjoy"?
How Ella's company compares to small or large companies.
What is the government does not work like other organizations, there is a family mindset in TDD even though the government itself is huge?
College educational experience.
What is switched from computer to electrical engineering to avoid coding all day?
Advice about college.
What is "Cs get degrees. If anyone tells you you can't do something, tell them to suck it"?