Engineers Needed
California’s technical capacity is the engine that drives our local economy. During the last 30 years the United States has dropped from 3rd to 13th in terms of the number of 24-year-olds holding Natural Science and Engineering degrees and I am sure that California reflects a high percentage of that decline. California often leads the nation in innovation and I believe it is imperative that we as a state and nation push these numbers back up.
During the past 8 months I have had the opportunity to speak with a number of industry leaders in various technical fields and one common theme that seems to thread its way around the conversation is the lack of qualified engineers who can present themselves well. It is described to me as the kind of engineer that understands a particular technology from a high level, can drill down to a certain extent, but mainly has the people skills needed to present to clients. This type of individual is apparently hard to find, especially in San Diego.
If one were too take into account an aging population, many of whom may want to improve their odds of obtaining a bigger salary or simply to protect their turf from an up-and-coming engineer with multiple Ph. D’s who will often work harder for less pay, than it seems to me that more people will be heading back to school.
This is where I believe that the School of Engineering and Technology (SOET) at National University has an opportunity to shine. SOET caters to working adults who want to further their education and I believe provides the educational standards that meet the requirements described above.
SOET is not a place to go for advanced research, UCSD fits that bill. SOET does not have a desire to become one of the top 5 engineering schools in the United States, SDSU can stake that claim. SOET does provide a cost effective and timely means of attaining the skills required by the industry leaders that I have been speaking with.
SOET can help get California back on top as the technical mover and shaker in the next wave of innovation.
During the past 8 months I have had the opportunity to speak with a number of industry leaders in various technical fields and one common theme that seems to thread its way around the conversation is the lack of qualified engineers who can present themselves well. It is described to me as the kind of engineer that understands a particular technology from a high level, can drill down to a certain extent, but mainly has the people skills needed to present to clients. This type of individual is apparently hard to find, especially in San Diego.
If one were too take into account an aging population, many of whom may want to improve their odds of obtaining a bigger salary or simply to protect their turf from an up-and-coming engineer with multiple Ph. D’s who will often work harder for less pay, than it seems to me that more people will be heading back to school.
This is where I believe that the School of Engineering and Technology (SOET) at National University has an opportunity to shine. SOET caters to working adults who want to further their education and I believe provides the educational standards that meet the requirements described above.
SOET is not a place to go for advanced research, UCSD fits that bill. SOET does not have a desire to become one of the top 5 engineering schools in the United States, SDSU can stake that claim. SOET does provide a cost effective and timely means of attaining the skills required by the industry leaders that I have been speaking with.
SOET can help get California back on top as the technical mover and shaker in the next wave of innovation.
posted by BLOGBANK at 9:31 PM
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