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America used to have so many engineers, like an entire generation of brilliant engineers.
What happened? Did everyone who wants to get into that just get priced out of the degree? Did they all go into finance, because that's where all the money is? It really seems like nothing works in this country anymore, not even the trillion dollar wonder weapons.
When I started my career I was told the "leadership" career path goes higher than the technical career path. Then, again and again, I was reminded that being loud was rewarded more than being smart.
Multiply this "culture of leadership" across all of industry and here we are. Top it off with "everyone but executives are overhead and expendable" and it doesn't pay to be good at something. You get the brain drain you see before you.
here's my take on the whole thing https://dialecticaldispatches.substack.com/p/when-beliefs-die
GOOD post
thanks
I did an engineering degree in the UK and half the graduates went into banking. Dunno if it's the same dynamic here.
that's how it is with any degree
A lot of those engineers were operation paperclipped over here