<p>Strange…internationals worry about getting jobs due to restrictions and locals worry about getting jobs due to international competition…</p>
<p>What an impressive writer!!!</p>
<p>^^ nice bump</p>
<p>sakky is an incredible writer. Can I have lessons plz?</p>
<p>I usually find commenting on old threads kind of annoying but I really enjoyed having the chance to read what sakky had to say about manufacturing in the US. A+</p>
<p>ditto.</p>
<p>haha</p>
<p>Ive been concentrating on becoming a civil engineer for the past couple of years (3 more to go…)… I was really worried about not finding a job due to outsourcing, but after reading this entire thread, I sorta feel better. I just hope that good feeling is not unfounded.</p>
<p>^^^^ American engineers will continue to pave the way in creating innovative technologies. Creative thinking is interwoven into the fabric of American education but lacking in Indian and Chinese institutions. The latest airplane designs, computer softwares, industrial equipment do not originate from India or China but from US.</p>
<p>You will only be at risk if you have a copy-&-paste job that requires little creative thinking. I strongly doubt that American companies will leave the evolution of their product lines to Indian and Chinese engineers.</p>
<p>One subset of the US engineering base that will never, EVER be outsourced are jobs in the military industrial complex. Almost all of these jobs require a security clearance and US citizenship, which is extremely difficult to obtain for the mass of engineers being trained in India and China. </p>
<p>I don’t have statistics on hand, but I would guess the majority of engineers working in the military industrial complex are mechanical engineers, with electrical engineers being second.</p>
<p>It’s one of the reasons why I work as an ME in one of those types of jobs :)</p>