Q: Hi Peter and Team,
Post if you want but I wanted to add some commentary for the discussion on MDA. I had the privilege of working for MDA for 10 years in the middle of my career (I am a non-engineer). A couple of observations from my direct experience:
1. Dan Friedmann was not only a talented engineer but an extremely astute business mind and has always let the results speak for themselves.
2. MDA has a history of pushing the engineering boundaries of what's possible - something that requires a certain mindset to balance the risks/costs with innovation. Not easy to do without deep technical knowledge of what you are trying to build. Just look at CanadaArm or Radarsat from their early years.
3. As a company, they were the single biggest collection of really, really smart people who knew how to get things done that I have ever worked for.
4. I never experienced the 'difficult' to work for environment. There is nothing like working in an environment of people who are extremely bright but humbled by knowing the person next to you just might be smarter and able to share their experience or knowledge in trying to solve very complex engineering challenges.
This was my experience for what its worth!
Post if you want but I wanted to add some commentary for the discussion on MDA. I had the privilege of working for MDA for 10 years in the middle of my career (I am a non-engineer). A couple of observations from my direct experience:
1. Dan Friedmann was not only a talented engineer but an extremely astute business mind and has always let the results speak for themselves.
2. MDA has a history of pushing the engineering boundaries of what's possible - something that requires a certain mindset to balance the risks/costs with innovation. Not easy to do without deep technical knowledge of what you are trying to build. Just look at CanadaArm or Radarsat from their early years.
3. As a company, they were the single biggest collection of really, really smart people who knew how to get things done that I have ever worked for.
4. I never experienced the 'difficult' to work for environment. There is nothing like working in an environment of people who are extremely bright but humbled by knowing the person next to you just might be smarter and able to share their experience or knowledge in trying to solve very complex engineering challenges.
This was my experience for what its worth!
