Two recent articles caught my eye and relating to what I call the STEM conundrum. In a country that has been wringing their hands over a supposed STEM crisis, we find that Facebook - perhaps the ultimate employer of a geeks in the US is switching its focus from development to acquiring sales staff!
Friday, February 21, 2014
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
The feasibility factor - when a wage-mismatch stifles STEM...
In a recent post, Jared Bernstein gave voice to an issue that I have long been concerned about: the feasibility of many STEM career tracks. With all the hand-wringing about STEM, the facts surrounding wage stagnation and even depression are being blithely ignored. Everyone is bemoaning the so-called "skills-mismatch" without considering whether the salaries being offered are commensurate or even doable given the required years and cost of training for these careers. Education is expensive and the "numbers" have to work for people to even bother entering certain career tracks.
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