Hi Grant,
Let me through in a penny here.
I have been "working" in this country for 30 years. When I went to engineering
school (more than 50 years ago) we were a proud bunch of student that were
going to provide the country (and the world) with the best engineered products
available. Working in this country I found that engineers are commodities that
were used "as efficient as possible". Way too many times have I been offered a
"permanent" position just to be told after I finished a project (frequently
ahead of schedule) that they had no more projects for me and I had to go.
With that in mind I truly understand students that don't want to pursue an
engineering career. They will have student loans to pay plus they want to make
a living beyond barely "getting around". The day these "fast buck artists" that
role our economy today, understand that the USA cannot continue to promote
non-producing industries such as "Wall Streeters", the engineers will be
appreciated and we will get a quality engineering corp again. USA needs a new
"Put-a-man-on-the-Moon" incentive. The Apollo project was just sooo good for
the country.
With a high heart rate for the moment. 73 de,
Hans - N2JFS
-----Original Message-----
From: Grant Saviers <grants2@pacbell.net>
To: Roger (K8RI) on TT <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; towertalk
<towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wed, Jul 13, 2016 9:30 am
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] AES SK
Engineering as a profession is "too hard" for many US students, PolySci
is easy but then graduates wonder why their jobs are in retail or food
service. A recent major magazine article was about the "crushing
college debt" of many students and their inability to pay. NOT ONCE did
it mention the career choice of the students profiled - DUH.
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