Please tell me you didn't do that to your kids!
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Any skill STEM or non STEM just teaches you basic skills to do work for someone, some corporation, govt etc.
Nothing bad with learning any skill useful in real world and unlearn something outdated although quite hard to pull off to re-skill
Adaptability, fluid intelligence, good communication, good character, critical thinking, ability to take risk and pivot are the skills to teach new generation.
@dc we are in Boston. Fellowship is not specialization. He is a specialist after residency.
Either way we are going off topic. Younger one is not going into software for sure.
I encouraged my kids to get into tech. I’m so glad they didn’t listen to me!
@b9 not in big cities like NY, Boston, SF. It's not easy to land a job just after Medical Residency without specialization(Fellowship) . Having just a Residency (Family medicine or Internal Medicine) will land you a lousy job in some HMO/ private hospital chain in big cities- treating Flu and ordering blood tests with no real skill on individual patient care. Only a Fellowship (Cardiology/Neuro Radiology etc) can get you a good job/Private Practice.
STEM... Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. That is super broad.
First, I think you are only referring to technology. Mathematics has always been a bad career, and science and engineering are always going to be around.
Second, let's talk technology. Technology has become more and more important every year you've been alive.
Third, if anything, AI now gives people with a strong STEM understanding much higher chances of succeeding in entrepreneurship.
So... I could not disagree with you more.
I recently had a discussion about job search with my adult son who is about to graduate from medical residency program. He said basically you go on interviews and decide where you like the best and then after negotiations join them.
So in essence he is interviewing them..
STEM is still far better than any liberal arts degree for job availability and wages. Law is getting hit hard by AI and so are some parts of medical fields. Neither of my kids wanted to go to college after watching me bust my a$$ for tech. My son is a successful realtor and my daughter runs her own company on Maui. Your kids don't need you to pick their career they just need your support in going after what they want to do. Teach them a work ethic and they will survive and thrive.
it's a sh-tshow
and i would call it tech/financial scams
@a5 only three? Sweet summer child I was laid off a dozen times around the dot bo-b decade, three in a year is just normal.
Just bec tech has higher rates of layoffs doesn’t mean STEM isn’t one of, if not the best option if going to university. Worked for several companies in engineering (mfq, quality, supply chain, ops, and now tech) and never been laid off. Had a job offer before graduation like most of my peers, and started off making over $100k/year. If your kids are going to go to uni at all, there aren’t many better options than stem in terms of job opportunities, starting pay, and pay ceiling, regardless of you being laid off. But hey, feel free to have them do anything else and wind up trying to find a job for years and end up working at a restaurant like most of the other majors.
I've been laid off 3 times in my career. They figured it out on their own.