Posted on 03/08/2018 9:17:43 AM PST by Academiadotorg
My daughter will start high school in September at a STEM school. She had to take a test and have an above 90 grade in Science and Math! MAGA to my beautiful Giovanna!
Why are we importing so many STEM graduates from India via H-1B?
This isn’t new! In the 60’s there was a joke circulating that asked what do you call a Ph.D. in Physics? The answer was “a cab driver.”
My eldest son graduates this summer with an EE degree. I think the glut is in PhD’s only. Engineers and technicians are still in high demand.
Right. This should end immediately. No foreigner should be brought here to replace a fully competent American.
Software is where the future is.
See if she has the aptitude.
“Fifty years ago, in my own area of experimental psychology, things were very different.”
I think I see the source of his concern. I bet sociology and anthropology majors are also having a hard time of it.
good question
There will soon be a shortage of electricians, plumbers and oil rig workers.
Agreed.
PhD are overpriced and mostly do research.
The demand is for worker bee Engineers.
There is an H-1B glut.
“My daughter will start high school in September at a STEM school. She had to take a test and have an above 90 grade in Science and Math! MAGA to my beautiful Giovanna!”
Congrats to her. She has entered a field that SJW cretins cannot even spell. And she can always hire them to do her lawn or prepare her coffee years from now. There are still many great jobs out there. I retired a few years ago and still get unsolicited offers from tech firms I’ve worked with. Hopefully, she’ll stay away from academia and get out there and produce things people actually want.
Interesting that the article was about PhD’s only.
Isn’t the real STEM shortage for working technical folks who would have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree only and not aim for an Ivory Tower career?
“Why are we importing so many STEM graduates from India via H-1B?”
In hopes of finding another Gary Kildall ??
But there is also demand for such PhD’s in industry. Maybe they all can’t become tenured Ivy League professors, but they all should be smart and well-educated in their fields.
There is a definite dearth of fully competent Americans. Finding capable EE’s and techs is very difficult.
Agreed. M.E.’s and E.E’s are making $80K+ right out of college here in OK and Texas.
EE bachelor’s degrees are still in high demand. A senior engineering student usually gets multiple job offers before they graduate, starting salaries are in the neighborhood of $60k.
Short answer, companies pay them less.
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