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Re:U.S. Universities Are Building a New Semiconductor Workforce by coldtea on Saturday May 20, 2023 @10:22AM (#36012153)
>But you said they hired 1 person out of a class of 20? Obviously the few who get in can't ask for a high salary with that many candidates per position.

Obviosly they can, assuming that these companies hire "only the best". That means that in the demand/supply calculations, the demand is not for "graduates of semiconducting programs" but "only top top graduates of semiconducating programs, ignore the rest".

That's in much shorter supply, and means that 95% of the "class of 20" aren't even considered worthy as candidates, and aren't competition for those top semicon jobs. They'll need to find work in another field (like switching to software), or low level semicon jobs.

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Re:U.S. Universities Are Building a New Semiconductor Workforce by jjoonathan on Saturday May 20, 2023 @10:30AM (#36012228)
They are getting the best among those willing to work for peanuts. Lol.

I'm sure this works better than it should, but only because they have an infinite supply of passionate new graduates who have not yet learned just how important money is.

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