<p>Yeah, I know what you mean.</p>
<p>According to those articles, there seems to be a shortage of engineers. This can be a fairly good form of motivation to graduate with an engineering degree---when we graduate, our chances of having a job available is pretty high, which is good because a limited amount of engineers would usually mean higher salaries. Schools with great co-op programs are ideal as usually the company you co-op for hires you full-time by the time you graduate.</p>