For instance, in the [Siemens] program you mentioned, what happens if [Siemens] closes up shop and moves to Brazil? Is the vo-tech grad with years of [Sie

For instance, in the [Siemens] program you mentioned, what happens if [Siemens] closes up shop and moves to Brazil? Is the vo-tech grad with years of [Siemens] specific training and experience going to be flexible enough to take a job at another tech firm? I'm honestly unsure that would be the case. One difference between the programs described in the article and apprenticeships as they work in Switzerland or Germany is that in the latter countries, the professional degrees are standardized as well, so you don't get a degree as a "Siemens Widget Wrangler", but as a "Polymechanic" (despite having done the same combination of working for Siemens and going to school that you might have done in the US). The standardization is supposed to make it simpler to move between employers.