42% of California’s STEM Workforce Hails from Outside the U.S

Re:42% of California’s STEM Workforce Hails from Outside the... by neo4sure on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @03:19PM (#14851003)

I was comparing against farm workers, coal workers, auto workers, restaurant workers, care givers etc. STEM by far will provide better wages. Although the education system is not built for this (hence migrants). Politicians also would like to keep people in the above jobs because the owners pay theiere bills.

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Re:42% of California’s STEM Workforce Hails from Outside the... by lsc on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @02:58AM (#14854128)

so you are saying that a STEM degree gets jobs that pay better than most jobs that don't require a degree at all?

If you compare your average non-computer industry STEM job to something in Medicine, law or business... I think that STEM, outside of the computer industry, just doesn't pay that well, and it's kind of disingenuous to advertise it as a path to financial well being to young people who are so poor that they have to look at education as a monetary investment.

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