Why become an engineer when to become a manager/executive a person only needs to get an MBA and a PMP? I mean, why kill yourself to understand engineering when you can understand next to nothing but be in charge and make bigger bucks?
That is exactly what is happening. Very few people want to get an engineering degree. They all want a simple MBA and a 12 week wonder PMP. Easy stuff. No sense in spending big bucks and major time and effort to learn engineering when the money is in “management”.
Ergo, we will remain insanely valuable.