[koba]

Yeah...engineering until recently used to be a lot less paying than medicine (it still is somewhat less-paying) and did not have the glamour of a field like law. Nobody ever put out a show called "L.A. Engineering" but they have put out "L.A. Law" and "L.A. Doctors." It's still considered somewhat of a "nerd" profession too. These are some possible factors in why Americans generally don't go into engineering as much as in other fields and why the foreign-born are more and more represented in it.

[WRhine]

Nobody ever put out a show called "L.A. Engineering" but they have put out "L.A. Law" and "L.A. Doctors."

LOL. Yeah, try getting a show like "L.A. Engineering" into production. Yep, TV has played a significant role in shaping American minds...most of it in the wrong direction. America has become a victim of her own success to some extent.