The irony here is that most R&D/engineering jobs do their own training. My mom, for example, works as a chem engineer/researcher -- every time they hire someone

The irony here is that most R&D/engineering jobs do their own training. My mom, for example, works as a chem engineer/researcher -- every time they hire someone, they also train them. I think it's ironic that people bust their asses in school to get a 3.5+ and end up being trained like little robots anyway once they find their "dream job." Anyone with some elementary knowledge of chemistry could pass these training courses and get to work in a couple of weeks. It just goes to show how disconnected academia is from real life.