On Sep 21, 4:50 am, Nomen Nescio wrote:
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Well, I have co-founded a company that is making LED lighting for GA
(experimental category initially), but we are still trying to earn
back our initial investment and won't be in the black for many
months. I have hopes that our business will grow to the point that I
can make a living at it, but only time will tell.

Best of luck!
The entrepreneur made this country great.
The entrepreneur can make this country great, again.
(If the government will get off our backs)

In the meantime, it is a real struggle being an engineer in this
economy. I know many engineers that bailed out and took jobs in the
business and financial sector where they aren't using their
engineering skills other than their math and critical thinking.

(raising hand)
BSME
10 years in aerospace.
10 years owning a machine shop.
Currently trading equities for a living.

Many
of them are making better money than they did as engineers.

(raising hand, again)

I know
some that have gone back to get their MBAs (and the associated
lobotomy) so that they can work in business management careers.

I'd rather have my balls slowly squeezed in a vise.

If the trend ever does reverse, there is likely to be a shortage of
engineers with many who left the profession not wanting to come back,
and fewer new grads coming out of college since the job market is so
poor right now.

Don't know if I agree.
A lot of companies around here are desperate for two classes of tech expertise.
Mechanical Engineers and trained machinists. The latter is becoming as scarce
as hen's teeth.
Pay levels are starting to creep up.

Oh well, we all have to do the best we can. Maybe we will get lucky
and half of China will die of lead or melamine poisoning.... :-)

And that would leave how many Chinese?


About 650 million of them would be left.... but it depends on which
half are gone!