6.5M More Students With Bachelor's Degrees Than Jobs Available

HNGN: Headlines and Global News ^ | 10/21/2015 | Taylor Tyler

[virgil]

Me too. Science background. Layed off at 51 yo from medical device company after 22 years. Nobody hardly wants to talk to me. So, I work temp.

[Westbrook]

> What language do you program in? Let me guess — It is NOT
> COBOL, PASCAL or FORTRAN..

C, C++, SQL, and bash script, with occasional forays into SQL and Perl.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I agree.

I also suddenly ran into an issue at work. Thought I had transferred to a good situation.

Now our boss is talking about outsourcing, and things are very tense.

America needs to bring back jobs. Now. Outsourcing is just ruining America.

[Westbrook]

There’s a lot of work for software engineers with experience in java, node.js, and javascript.

There is also a lot of work for software engineers with experience in firmware development and architecture.

[riverdawg]

“It wouldn’t be difficult for them to turn the BS into a RN degree.”

Some do that, but it takes at least a couple of extra years because of the specialized coursework in the RN curriculum. Same is true for pharmacy.