[flamberge]

The "technology" in question is the mathematics underlying 3D rendering, and optimization thereof. It's not something you "train" someone to do--it's a BS in Math.

And the University pipeline that used to find and develop that talent is no longer functional. Corporations once paid for such things and actively recruited graduates with excellent salaries and working conditions.

That was then. This is now.

Corporations have been strip-mining the work-force for decades, and replacing their staff with cheap, disposable immigrants. It should be no great surprise that there is a "shortage" of skilled workers.

What we actually have a shortage of executives willing to pay for skilled workers.

[dinodino]

What do you mean by, “the University pipeline...is no longer functional?” It’s perfectly functional, if a bit too “woke.” My daughter is in engineering school right now. You can advise your children not to pursue a BS in a STEM major if you wish, but I am doing the opposite.

[grey_whiskers]

Corporations have been strip-mining the work-force for decades, and replacing their staff with cheap, disposable immigrants. It should be no great surprise that there is a "shortage" of skilled workers.

What we actually have a shortage of executives willing to pay for skilled workers.

Concur. All due to Jack Welch and Bill Gates.

Another Look at Outsourcing (Vanity) (note the date, 2005), and the remarks about Microsoft's cash hoard which they gave to shareholders -- themselves -- instead of increasing salaries, training workers, or expanding the business

(Vanity) A Falling Tide Grounds All Boats (note the date, 2006)