Re: USA's Engineering blues

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:51:38 -0400, Ol' Duffer <DontSend@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>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.

Excuse me, but low wages result from a surplus of labor, not a
shortage.

But there's no surplus of *good* engineers, and they pretty much make
their own rules and command hefty salaries.

>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.

What's BS is the number of "electrical engineers" that are graduated
without a working knowledge of electricity. Not that I'm complaining
about having too little competition.

John

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