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<p>That’s a good point, and I would argue that it is an example of why companies need to go back to training their employees upon hiring. There is no way good way colleges can keep up and train students for all these different skill sets that different companies need. I think some of these companies need to realize that training new employees in the more specialized skills shouldn’t be too difficult assuming they are quality engineers to begin with, assuming, of course, that all the underlying engineering schools have already been instilled by the school and they can communicate effectively already.</p>
<p>I really do think it is a case of the combined obstinance on the part of some engineering programs and unrealistic expectations of companies doing the hiring. I also think this is a bigger problem in the tech industry, as most “traditional” engineering industries seem to be more willing to provide on-the-job training. I don’t think the workers they import to fill these skills are necessarily better engineers than the domestic workers; they just happen to have had those skills before and likely have missed out on other potentially useful skills in the process.</p>