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This is the kind of thing that I sort of have the knowledge to jump into (I do power electronics by day) but have no will to actually pursue since hardware manu
by Workaccount2 2y ago
This is the kind of thing that I sort of have the knowledge to jump into (I do power electronics by day) but have no will to actually pursue since hardware manufacturing in the US is very expensive to start, very hard to develop, very punishing to maintain, and very low margins even when you accomplish all that.
Trump talks a ton about "Bringing back manufacturing", but the dude is clearly using it purely for political points. Anyone in the industry knows the supply chains here are weak as hell, and anyone young with a brain is going to SWE or Finance. The industry today is held up by grey beards past retirement sticking with it because no else can do it.
- bluGill 2y agoDon't be so pessimistic. There is a lot of manufacturing and supply chains in the US. However US manufacturing needs to be highly automated to compete and so it only make sense for products that are easy to manufacturing in a highly automated way. This implies high volumes, or something else that isn't always easy. There are a lot of grey beards in industry, but that means there is room for a young person to learn what they know (they do know a lot of great things!) and then take over as their retire/die.