Change your major.
I’ve been an IC designer at Texas Instruments for 18 years.
More than 50% of my group are Chinese nationals. Our major customers are Huawei, ZTE, and other chinese telecom companies. It’s rule, Chinese hire Chinese. You also need to speak Chinese to develop products with Chinese companies. We are also competing with Chinese design houses now which run 3 8 hour shifts of engineering. We’re working days, nights, and weekends to compete. No time for family.
Even our American competition uses Chinese manufacturing. It’s getting extremely cut-throat in all product lines. Another 25% of the group is from India.
Other notes:
If you don’t have a PhD, forget it. A Bachelor’s won’t get you in the door. A Master’s, maybe. If you don’t get an in internship, forget it. You’re at a disadvantage. And remember, internships are going to Chinese and Indians because the design jobs are moving to China and India and speaking the languages gives them an advantage.
It’s a fact. Sorry, bud.
Change to Finance.
From a fellow gator.
“Change to Finance.”
I understand what you’re saying, but the financial industry is also being handed to Asians. The external audit firm I work with sends foreigners to do auditing & consulting work that many Americans are qualified to do; besides 2 American females, they sent a Filipino, and Indian, and a Canadian. None of the foreigners were CPAs, and they didn’t cost much less than Americans - but they can be forced to work 80 hours per week.
I’m in my last year. I want to work in the power industry, not the tech fields. I also have a TS/SCI and I’m lucky enough to have some good connections. I appreciate the advice.
Go Gators.