Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten entire tech ecosystems

Re:Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten ... by raverbashing on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @01:09AM (#32147762)

And right you are!

Now the latest trend are MS/PhD only openings. Especially at IC manufacturers

But I have two questions for those: why not on-the-job training, and did the people that joined 20/40yrs ago have those qualifications? All of them?

Well, good luck filling those positions then! /s

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Re:Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten ... by imtringued on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @04:34AM (#32148951)

Nowadays we expect people to pay for their own education. No company wants to be the sucker that invested in fleeting human capital.

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Re:Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten ... by znpy on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @08:45AM (#32150679)

i had the chance to read "The Juggling Act" by Pat Gelsinger, which is about a lot of things, and among these also about his work at intel.

the thing that struck me the most that a) intel was paying for his tuition b) he used to have enough flexibility to attend classes, in person.

for people who don't know, Pat Gelsinger is the guy behind the intel 386 and 486, and has been recently made CEO of Intel.

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Re:Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten ... by pid-1 on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @06:09AM (#32149543)

My company has the following deal: we pay for your education, but you must stay for x years.

If you decide to leave before, you must pay $PRICE * (x - $TIME_WORKING_HERE_AFTER_WE_INVESTED_IN_YOU)

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Re:Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten ... by t-3 on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @04:03AM (#32148762)

To be fair, tech hiring is rather credentialized in general these days. Even help desk and cable-runner jobs are requiring 4 year degrees.

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