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America already overproduces scientists and engineers. Out of curiosity, do you have a link to any evidence or supporting materials to this claim? It's the fir
by mikeleeorg 13y ago
America already overproduces scientists and engineers.
Out of curiosity, do you have a link to any evidence or supporting materials to this claim? It's the first I've heard of it.
- botagrape 13y agohttp://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/education/the-stem-crisis-is-a-myth http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/education/the-stem-crisis-i...
- wes-exp 13y agoI don't have any links off-hand, but I've seen some very convincing, scholarly analyses in the past. The research tends to come up during discussions about H1-B quotas and so on. IIRC, one of the features of a real shortage is supposed to be that prices go up, but in our IT "shortage", wages are approximately flat.
- aestra 13y agoThere's some conflicting reports and I read a pretty good analysis a while ago that convinced me, but I don't have it, here's some light reading. http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/education/the-stem-crisis-is-a-myth http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/education/the-stem-crisis-i... http://www.businessinsider.com/the-real-truth-about-the-stem-shortage-that-americans-dont-want-to-hear-2013-5 http://www.businessinsider.com/the-real-truth-about-the-stem... http://gizmodo.com/there-may-not-actually-be-a-shortage-of-stem-workers-at-1235528794 http://gizmodo.com/there-may-not-actually-be-a-shortage-of-s... http://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-the-stem-job-advantage-a-myth/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-the-stem-job-advantage-a-myth...
- mikeleeorg 13y agoWow, very interesting. Thanks for sharing. It's also interesting (and perhaps, sad) to me how there are stories in Silicon Valley where a top engineer or two are offered massive financial incentives to join another company. Those stories are usually cited as examples of a technical talent shortage in the Valley, but in reality, they are exceptions, not the rule.
- aestra 13y agoI really wish I could find the original paper I read on the subject for you. I just went looking for it again and I didn't find it. It was something I read randomly in my travels, it was really long and really well researched with lots of data. I wish i bookmarked it. I found some more interesting stuff though. http://www.issues.org/29.4/hal.html http://www.issues.org/29.4/hal.html this one has more of an "agenda" behind it http://www.vdare.com/articles/national-data-stem-shortage-shouters-suppress-salient-statistics http://www.vdare.com/articles/national-data-stem-shortage-sh...