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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
I think one needs to ask the question..."If the US has 200,000 engineering jobs that are unfilled, how are the current engineers keeping up with the demand?" (snip)
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Even simpler than that- they're hiring unqualified people.
Let's talk about a hypothetical situation where the CEO says "We have X number of contracts we expect to win and will need a total of 50 FTE to do the work".
That filters down to the department level, where they say "OH NO!" and start opening reqs for new hires.
The HR department, not always clueless, starts pulling in resumes. Since most engineers may not have the best people skills, they're added to the interviewing boards.
Problem is... if this happens everywhere, and there's a shortage, and your company is NOT willing to pay more than anyone else, you don't get first tier. You get 5th. Suddenly you've got folks being hired- that are still smart- but maybe don't have the qualifications you'd expect them to have, or have gaps... so your OJT increases exponentially.
Unfortunately you've also got YOUR job to do, so that OJT starts eating out of your project time... which means delegating... which means - MORE engineers needed.
Rinse and Repeat.