moxyte OP t1_ixhc2u4 wrote on November 23, 2022 at 1:25 PM

Reply to comment by BuckyDuster in Asia’s superapps follow another hot tech trend: mass layoffs by moxyte

> In the last 10 years there has been a 90% decline in EE enrollment in universities

I call bullshit on this, sounds too ridiculous

[deleted] t1_ixhtzal wrote on November 23, 2022 at 3:38 PM

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BuckyDuster t1_ixilqhb wrote on November 23, 2022 at 6:40 PM

From what I gather in the USA it is true. Might be different in other countries.

I probably got it from something from this:

https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/53574/are-there-90-more-computer-science-students-and-90-fewer-electrical-engineerin

simbian t1_ixjumoj wrote on November 23, 2022 at 11:52 PM

>sounds too ridiculous

I think it depends on how far deindustrialisation has occurred in your locale.

I live in a locale (Singapore) where this is true - most traditional engineering (civil, mechanical, electrical) folks I know don't work in their fields anymore - they actually work in finance, software engineering.

But then we are unique - a small tiny island.