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Actually, Tony, there were and probably still are a lot of engineering (and CS) graduates who wind up teaching English in China (and other places). Also there at least used to be a few engineers (especially EE and quality control- six-sigma types) trying to find work in their professions in China as well. The engineering professions in the US are often not quite what they're made out to be.

The US has for years had a real issue with lost productivity owing to high unemployment and underemployment (by some measures now as high as 16-17%). Our PRAVDA-like media and "edikation" systems tell us this is because there are not enough STEM degrees among those 'dumb American kids,' but I've met comp.sci graduates teaching English in Korea and China, electrical engineers trying to work for local companies in Taiwan and microbiology grads flipping burgers in the US. I've even met EE PhDs who (having been laid off) have opened consulting operations at their local Starbucks.

Sep 04, 2012 11;22
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