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Millennial Tech Workers Losing Ground In US

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-work-for-you dept.

Nerval's Lobster writes Millennial tech workers are entering the U.S. workforce at a comparable disadvantage to other tech workers throughout the industrialized world, according to study earlier this year from Educational Testing Services (PDF). How do U.S. millennials compare to their international peers, at least according to ETS? Those in the 90th percentile (i.e., the top-scoring) actually scored lower than top-scoring millennials in 15 of the 22 studied countries; low-scoring U.S. millennials ranked last (along with Italy and England/Northern Ireland). While some experts have blamed the nation's education system for the ultimate lack of STEM jobs, other studies have suggested that the problem isn't in the classroom; a 2014 report from the U.S. Census Bureau suggested that many of the people who earned STEM degrees didn't actually go into careers requiring them. In any case, the U.S. is clearly wrestling with an issue; how can it introduce more (qualified) STEM people into the market?

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  1. Suck it Millenials by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Makes me glad I'm one of the last born Gen X'ers.

    1. Re:Suck it Millenials by l0n3s0m3phr34k · · Score: 5, Funny

      When I was their age, we had to use Wyse terminals, outside, IN THE SNOW. NOW GET OFF MY LAWN!

    2. Re: Suck it Millenials by OakDragon · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm a millenial who works on mainframes you insensitive clod!

      I had to bootstrap a PDP-8 in the Science building during college to complete my introductory programming assignments. That meant physically toggling in the octal sequence to start the high speed paper tape reader.

      Now I'm not sure who should get off whose lawn.

      --
      Dark Reflection
  2. But! by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 1, Funny

    They have really really high self esteem.

    --
    The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
  3. Re: College is too Expensive by Guy+Harris · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe for a bricks and mortar business, but online businesses have nearly no start up cost at all. All you need is a cheap web host and you're set. Learn to code and maintain it by yourself to keep start-up costs low. Once you have made a profit, then you can buy specialised hardware or additional things for your business.

    1. 1. Start online business.
    2. 2. ???
    3. 3. Profit!