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Jim, the latest thing we are seeing in the government sector is a drive for diversity, which is tough on engineering groups as most are heavily male, a few females, and almost no minority groups represented, and none in the employee pipeline. This means one thing-hire diversity candidates with little or no engineering background and train them from entry level techs in order to get the numbers up. Meanwhile, the total number of engineering group employees is a zero-sum number, and won't rise overall-you can figure out the math on that. This is an admirable social goal, but will take forever, and will modify the common denominator to a new level. Why can't engineering schools attract and retain these candidates and get them into the pipeline, and make the engineering pool more reflective of society overall?
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