Ever since I started school in Engineering I've been treated as a commodity. It's that much harder to paint yourself in a different light when most peers are f

Ever since I started school in Engineering I've been treated as a commodity. It's that much harder to paint yourself in a different light when most peers are fine with the status quo. It's becoming more necessary to distinguish yourself as being Mr.X who can do X, Y, Z better than anyone else in the world. Otherwise, you're just another Engineer or IT guy they hire and fire or deal with like everyone else. With so many talented Engineers coming in from Asia (hundreds of thousands a year?!) it will be harder to land a job with a decent salary if you are like everyone else.