Internship@Peruvian Space Agency
Tomorrow I start as one of the two interns for the Peruvian Space Agency. This is great! I was afraid that I had to make my internship in a bank doing a boring internship *.
I don’t know exactly what I am going to work on, but it doesn’t matter. This is a one-in-chance opportunity that, I hope, will help me in my future career in the space industry.
On other news, I’ve found that there is an alternative to the Master in Space Studies in the University of North Dakota; I can use some of my credits in industrial engineering to finish aerospace engineering in a university like UT Austin.
Have to research more, though, specially scholarships and grants since these degrees are quite expensive.
CONIDA’s logo. Source: CONIDA
* 2010: If possible, experience a boring internship or job. It will make you appreciate and value a job that you are passionate about.
I would like to know how your intership with the Peruvian space organization went for you. I am looking for something simular since I just graduated from AMU with a Master i Space Studies.
Thank you very much for your support.
Miguel Lazo
Hi Miguel,
Sorry for the “small delay”, but I’ve been busy re-building my career in the space industry. My experience from the Peruvian Space Agency was:
1. I don’t want to work in the Peruvian Public Sector
2. There was very little happening in Peru
3. I better go to the private sector
To be fair, it opened me some doors in the early-2000 NewSpace industry; I managed to get a position in 1KP (back
then, an early stage VC fund for space startups), and then HighLift Systems.
Hope it helps.
If interested, you can follow my latest activities via my Twitter account, @Macc21st
Cheers,
Manuel