Re: USA's Engineering blues

In article <radoi11m7jplff5lq501vtqar33km3ds65@xxxxxxx>,
jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> Excuse me, but low wages result from a surplus of labor, not a
> shortage.

I thought I said that. And that's exactly what the suits want.

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

My experience differs. Most of the folks I went to school with
are working at Ford or Honda factories because assembly line
drudgery pays better. I imagine some of them would like to
migrate back into engineering if they could make a decent living
at it. There is a large "pool" of people like this who would be
suitable at least for junior engineer positions. The few friends
who landed the scarce, high paying jobs did so by moving to
places where crime and cost of living are high. I myself found
a niche where I managed to scrape together just enough for early
semi-retirement, and have not received any offers the made me
seriously consider going back. The local papers are full of
job offers for nurses and truck drivers, but virtually nothing
in electronics.

> 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.

Yes, I run into them frequently. They usually find their way into
middle management if they are good at sucking up, or assembly line
positions if not, once the company figures out they aren't the
brightest bulbs in the string.
.

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