If you’re competent enough to make captain and get a job in engineering, you’re competent enough to take control of your own future.
Go into consulting. Or start a business outside of engineering. Complaining never solved anything and defense engineering isn’t a dream job if you’re not happy with your situation.
Yeah, there is no point solving the opportunity problem for defense engineers under 50. We don't need new weapons going forward. The world is at peace....
I do work for a consulting company. It's a geriocracy like all of engineering.
Oh I am not unhappy, just telling what it was like for engineers in my arena. I have a bird nest on the ground in my company and as you state , if I am willing to travel, a job just about anywhere.
Stay safe !