The industry will do just fine. In all my years assisting in the hiring process (I'm software, but due to my EE background I was often asked to help with interv

The industry will do just fine. In all my years assisting in the hiring process (I'm software, but due to my EE background I was often asked to help with interviewing EEs), I've never noticed a shortage of EE applicants. OTOH, we had a lot of trouble finding enough software people to hire. The reality is that EE jobs are a small fraction of the software ones and supply is keeping up with demand, so there's no upward salary pressure.