Re: USA's Engineering blues

In article <vr6mi119792j2uguqd6ha69kdfpcbbk3an@xxxxxxx>,
randomnoise@xxxxxxxxx says...
> I read a recent news burp
> (http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/business/12372509.htm) about
> the engineering shortage with more than a little amusement.

There is no shortage of engineers, just a shortage of engineers
willing to work for slave wages. It's the same lie the suits
tell repeatedly through history whenever they want schools to
turn out a glut of some particular skilled worker so that they
can drive wages down. Industy giants will pay millions to a
CEO who is nearly useless, but begrudge a living wage to the
engineers who can actually make things work, all the while
whining that they can't get good workers. It's BS.
.

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