The Myth of the Science and Engineering Shortage

walterbyrd (182728) writes in with this story that calls into question the conventional wisdom that there is a shortage of science and engineering workforce in the U.S. "Such claims are now well established as conventional wisdom. There is almost no debate in the mainstream. They echo from corporate CEO to corporate CEO, from lobbyist to lobbyist, from editorial writer to editorial writer. But what if what everyone knows is wrong? What if this conventional wisdom is just the same claims ricocheting in an echo chamber? The truth is that there is little credible evidence of the claimed widespread shortages in the U.S. science and engineering workforce."

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Re:There's a shortage all right..

[Anonymous Coward]

There's a shortage of graduates in all disciplines that have realistic expectations of the workplace and their initial pay grade. An entire generation went to college assuming it would entitle them to big bucks later. They were wrong. If they're now out of work because they don't think companies pay "properly" that's their own problem. Something is only ever worth what people are prepared to pay for it, and if the jobs are there but people don't like the paygrade, then they're unemployed through choice.

anonymous coward

[Anonymous Coward]

There is no need for scientists or engineers if there are no jobs.

Thanks Obama!!!