> I mean young engineers in my company get paid nicely in comparison to their older peers. No, they don't, not after you adjust for inflation and housing price

> I mean young engineers in my company get paid nicely in comparison to their older peers. No, they don't, not after you adjust for inflation and housing prices. And young engineers are a very privileged few, the vast majority of young American workers have had it much worse. Good luck getting a respectable job that will allow you to buy a house and raise a family while your wife stays at home without a STEM degree nowadays. And the US education system is uniquely terrible at STEM education before college, meaning many American kids who could have gotten onto the STEM gravy train instead get replaced by immigrants like me.