Re: Of Mice and Men

Posted by PackardV8 On 2009/12/11 12:13:04

Owen. My feelings exactly about the college bound and scientific community.

Most of what i'm experiencing is the college bound are looking at the medical field but not as Doctors or researchers. Mostly for 3 month to 2 year certifications of some type. This happens also now in the IT field.

The problem is that the technical/scientific careers of the US can not compete with third world countries in terms of WAGES/compensation.

SOme 8 years ago i was a "Group Leader" for over 18 Analysts and programmers in the IT field. 6 of them were from India and at that time recent additions to my group. I was most suprised when i found out that they were making only about 35%-40% of their US counterparts. WHICH WAS MORE THAN THEY COULD MAKE in the old country. They were VERY GOOD TOO!

As with everything, the bottom line is $$$$$$$$.