Mr. President, There Is No (US) Engineer Shortage

Posted by Soulskill on Friday September 2, 2011 @04:56AM from the just-a-philosophy-major-surplus dept.

McGruber writes "Vivek Wadhwa has written an article in the Washington Post titled, 'Mr. President, there is no engineer shortage,' which addresses the perceived national shortage of engineers. Wadhwa slams China for its practice of applying the 'engineer' label to auto mechanics and technicians, yet fails to slam the U.S. for its practice of applying the 'engineer' label to sanitation workers, building janitors, boiler operators, FaceSpace coders, MSCEs and DeVry graduates. He also says, 'Some of [the U.S.'s] best engineers are not doing engineering, and some of its best potential engineers are not even studying engineering, leaving us short-changed in solving the important problems of the day.'"

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Re:X Engineer by ctrimm · 2011-09-02 05:13 · Score: 5, Funny

I knew a woman who used to demand the title of "Domestic Engineer". Also known as "housewife"
You should have told her to go engineer you a sandwich.
Re:Does Not Compute by larry+bagina · 2011-09-02 05:47 · Score: 5, Funny

Can the medic build a sentry gun? No. Can the medic build a dispenser? No. Can the medic build a teleporter? No.
There are some good medics out there, and a good medic/heavy combo can wreck your ass worse than goatse, but most of the time a team will have 2 or 3 engineers and not a single medic.

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Re:Shortage of engineering jobs, by Hognoxious · 2011-09-02 06:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Why is education prices high?
I don't no, why are it?

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