You have three candidates for an open position: an American, an immigrant from Asia, and an immigrant from South America.
1. Which of the three is most likely to fail your drug test?
2. Which of the three is most likely to have a college degree that cost $150,000 and didn't teach him much of anything?
These aren't insults. This is the reality I faced for years as a senior manager in a STEM field. I knew this country was facing a disaster when I looked at those three hypothetical candidates above and found myself asking a third question that was about as pathetic as it gets:
3. Which of the three can write most coherently in the ENGLISH language?
“You have three candidates for an open position: an American, an immigrant from Asia, and an immigrant from South America.
1. Which of the three is most likely to fail your drug test?
2. Which of the three is most likely to have a college degree that cost $150,000 and didn’t teach him much of anything?
These aren’t insults. This is the reality I faced for years as a senior manager in a STEM field. I knew this country was facing a disaster when I looked at those three hypothetical candidates above and found myself asking a third question that was about as pathetic as it gets:
3. Which of the three can write most coherently in the ENGLISH language? “
#1: South American.
#2: Total BS comment. There are plenty of STEM graduates from American universities. There would be many more if they knew they didn’t have to compete with foreigners that drive down wages and are racists against Americans.
#3. The American. Indians are TERRIBLE at English.
3. Which of the three can write most coherently in the ENGLISH language?
I attended Engineering School. A good number of Freshman Engineers at my school were forced to take remedial English in place of the standard college-level English course.
An Engineer with soft-skills quickly ends up on the Marketing/Sales side of the company.