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“Foreign nationals account for 81 percent of the full-time graduate students in electrical engineering, 79 percent in computer science, 75 percent in industrial
by joubert 6y ago
“Foreign nationals account for 81 percent of the full-time graduate students in electrical engineering, 79 percent in computer science, 75 percent in industrial engineering, 69 percent in statistics, 63 percent in mechanical engineering, 59 percent in civil engineering, and 57 percent in chemical engineering.”
— https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/02/americas-stem-crisis-threatens-our-national-security/ https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/02/americas-stem-cri...
- noobermin 6y agoCollege courses aren't necessarily zero sum if SV would considering hiring from state universities.
- joubert 6y agoThanks. The reason I quoted this statistic is because I was surprised that there aren’t more Americans interested in taking advantage of the excellent education in STEM. Could it also tell us something about interest in the field generally? We also see significant immigrant ratios in entrepreneurial ventures: "Immigrants are “almost twice as likely” as native-born Americans to become entrepreneurs, according to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation." --- https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2018/10/25/55-of-americas-billion-dollar-startups-have-immigrant-founder/#3b634ba448ee https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2018/10/25/55-of...
- NotSammyHagar 6y agoOf course the bay area does hire tons of state university hires. I'm one of them. My first job was a fang. My undergrad wasn't in the top 100, my grad was maybe in the top 50, not sure but probably #50 ;-). I did a lot of programming in school, I practiced interview questions before I went. I've always been puzzled why other people run into this wall and can't break through.