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Re:'Striking weaknesses' in adult financial skills by smcl on Thursday March 15, 2018 @06:40PM (#16597087)
That's not a UK thing though - all STEM salaries in the EU are lower than their counterparts in the USA. I don't think this points to an anti-STEM culture specific to the UK.

But that is kind of beside the point - you said they're socially looked down upon. Maybe I derailed it by anticipating you were meaning salaries ... but it sounds like you believe there's some overall anti-STEM sentiment and I honestly cannot think of a time I saw anything like this.

I haven't heard of the idea that the UK is a place to get good cheap engineers. I have heard of Southern Europe, Eastern Europe and India talked about this way but never the UK. Good maybe, but certainly not cheap.

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Re:'Striking weaknesses' in adult financial skills by walshemj on Friday March 16, 2018 @06:51AM (#16599792)
As a non brit you probably don't pick up on the unwritten social subtexts.

Well that's why one of the top 5 civil engineers set up an office in London - when most of there work is in the middle east.

Its not like in Europe where "Engineer" has a high social standing.

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Re:'Striking weaknesses' in adult financial skills by smcl on Friday March 16, 2018 @07:08AM (#16599842)
I'm Scottish. Honestly the idea that engineers in the UK are some lower social caste is a complete fantasy.
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