Biological engineering shortage
Q. The last I've heard, most graduates of biomedical engineering programs
are usually not in demand unless they've also attended medical school.
And if they're talking about biotech/biopharma companies, the last I'd
checked, those industries hired MS and PhDs in cell biology,
biochemistry, physiology but not biological engineering?
A. - Of course, biomedical engineering graduates are in demand.
Just like the biomed E graduates who "attended medical school" in
demand as well. The matter is that there is much less of eng graduates
who also attended medical school (with its hefty fees). The employers
use the "medical school" as the discrimination tool to decrease their
applicants pool.
Besides, who in their right mind will go do engineering job after also
having a medical degree ? The eng job should be so highly paid so as to
cover the medical school fees. And as we know, the eng jobs are not
highly paid. Period.
-Unfortunately, biological engineering and nanotechnology are touted as
the next *big thing* which would save the economy. The problem is that
even from the get-go, these fields are a dud which is a real bad sign.
At least IT was a viable industry during the early 90s recession so it
wasn't inconceivable that IT could have been the big thing for the
mid-to-late 90s.