We hear this lack of engineers issue lately about practically every country, either it's a story that sells so it gets copied by every local news agency or it's

We hear this lack of engineers issue lately about practically every country, either it's a story that sells so it gets copied by every local news agency or it's a global trend. I'm guessing its something in between - a global trend (mostly caused by increase in demand) and increased hype because people like to hear about it.