[Foster]

Lots of good comments.

I can see how you could make writing classes more towards tech writing classes than fiction. OTOH I'm not sure that I want to see the CD of 2020 with nothing but dry tech writing posts.

I'm also on the fence about the STEM job market. I know that there is a huge push for H1B visa's to fill these jobs. As someone that will soon be looking for a new STEM job (my boat trip is coming to an end), I'm pretty sure while I have the skill set for these jobs, the much lower salary will be a issue. My email is looking for people with a huge range of skills for about 3-4 times min wage rates.

I do know that large companies are moving engineering team jobs to overseas locations to take advantage of the lower pay. I know of one company that has hired about 7,000 new engineers, all of them in Asia while reducing their US workforce.

But I do see that what were the mfg jobs of my early career are starting to be more higher tech in areas like bio-science / medical than anything else. So this may be just a transition time. We'll have to wait and see.

I do think that we are not doing a good job of funding our schools and that is a real problem, STEM school or traditional school. I've watched state after state lower budgets.