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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;crazyd, post: 7817140, member: 67221&quot;][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p><p>Where I worked in engineering, many &quot;older&quot; workers were targeted for attrition, in favor of cheap H1B engineers.&nbsp; These &quot;engineers&quot; couldn&#039;t change a burned out tail light bulb.</p><p><br /></p><p>If there&#039;s a shortage of engineers, then maybe our education system isn&#039;t working?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p><p>Due to shortages my company is offering an incentive to older engineers (and new parents) to keep them by offering the ability to go down to 20 hours a week (half time) and still retain benefits (health, holidays, etc).&nbsp;&nbsp; In about 5 years I will take advantage of this program and begin a phased transition to full retirement over 4 more years - Health willing.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the education system - its clear that engineering is a very difficult program and not glamorous or trendy. Students would rather go into other easier fields of study or ones with higher &quot;status&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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