I personally think the gp is full of crap. I’m trained as an engineer and worked in industry a few years. There is no issue of smartness or skill, and of course

I personally think the gp is full of crap. I’m trained as an engineer and worked in industry a few years. There is no issue of smartness or skill, and of course computers are necessary, but its ridiculous to think they are some magic box... In the US, engineering has become a relatively shit profession. Poor pay, poor work environment (congruent with the op), poor status. You can make tons more (not just a little more) working for a decent software tech company, finance, medicine. You have to really love what you’re doing to stay in engineering.