In case anyone on FR doesn’t follow the link, “Hickam” is Homer Hickam - famous for the autobiographical book http://homerhickam.com/project/rocket-boys/ and for the movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Sky about his life. Kids really should know their own field; this is like a young pollster (my field) mouthing off to George Gallup (except that George died many years ago).
Or Frank Luntz, Scott Rasmussen or John Zogby.
That was a good book.
“Kids really should know their own field...”
She was probably working in HR or the cafeteria.