Do you like engineering? Sprechen sie deutsch?

Topkill
Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:39:29 +0000

Well, don´t get too excited about those numbers. They are heavily influenced by industry lobbyists. They cry for more engineers all the time, because they want them as cheap as possible. You´ll find articles about missing engineers here every week from organizations like the VDI.
Their intention is to lure as many young people into these disciplines as possible that way. Yet, it is embarrassing how bad the payment can be. There is a strong trend for graduates to be forced to work for temp agencies for often as little as 32000€ per year. Which is a cruel joke if you compare the difficulty of that area of studies compared to most other disciplines. (The average graduate will start around 38000€, and only half of that will end in your checking account.)

Many qualified engineers are leaving germany every year because of this. There´s so many other professions that make equal or better money while not being half as useful to society, it´s rather embarrassing.
Life isn´t too bad in germany, but there are too many freeloaders and our politicians are intellectual lightweights without propriety. So, the future doesn´t look too bright.