Is civil engineering dead?

[noimagination]

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I’ve been far luckier than I deserved to be in my career (life in general too!) and have only one child. I’ll be able to shield him, launch him, and support him through just about anything. His education, a house, cars… even food on the table if I had to. I can take care of it all. It’s the rest of you I wring my hands every day for. Unless our politicians do something to make our professional workforce competitive with third world countries, the outlook is bleak with no safe port in this storm.

[GDP</a> - per capita (PPP)](<a href=“https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html]GDP”>https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html)</p>

<p>Whenever I start feeling too sorry for myself I find it helpful to think about how unfair it is for people born into a dramatically lower standard of living. Equalization is tough for those of us on the top, but the alternative isn’t defensible by my moral standards.</p>