So, what are the (presumably) guys who used to be machine operators, production supervisors, welders, graders, and truck drivers doing now? Working as health and legal assistants, financial managers, and computer scientists?
They are doing nothing. The production jobs have gone to China. We don’t need truck drivers hauling intermediate goods, only long haul drivers from the West Coast.
So if engineers have lost share can we please stop whining about shortages in STEM fields. Lets replace STEM with Computer Science since that’s the only STEM field seeing any above-average increase in employment.
Soooooooo…what happens after the Boomers die off?
So, what are the (presumably) guys who used to be machine operators, production supervisors, welders, graders, and truck drivers doing now? Working as health and legal assistants, financial managers, and computer scientists?
They are doing nothing. The production jobs have gone to China. We don’t need truck drivers hauling intermediate goods, only long haul drivers from the West Coast.
They are applying for disability. There are nearly 250,000 applications filed per month! (Nationally)
So if engineers have lost share can we please stop whining about shortages in STEM fields. Lets replace STEM with Computer Science since that’s the only STEM field seeing any above-average increase in employment.
No keep working on STEM, full bore. Teach people to do tech.