Employment rates for STEM Ph.D.s are down or stagnant across the board

Re:Employment rates for STEM Ph.D.s are down or stagnant acr... by jnbiche on Sunday July 27, 2014 @03:27PM (#8093695)

>While it's true that progress can be made from a simulation stand point, licenses to these software packages are enormously expensive.

Can you specify which software you're referring to? For many life science sub-disciplines, there are an increasing number of either open source or low-cost competitors.

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Re:Employment rates for STEM Ph.D.s are down or stagnant acr... by Thriptic on Monday July 28, 2014 @09:45AM (#8096631)

We use finite element analysis suites in our lab such as Ansys for simulation, and the licenses run into the thousands of dollars per year.

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Re:Employment rates for STEM Ph.D.s are down or stagnant acr... by jnbiche on Monday July 28, 2014 @02:46PM (#8098601)

Thanks, I was just curious what kinds of modeling software ran upwards of $1000.

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