We've had recent threads here that almost universally condemn working in the chip design space. The deadline pressure is insane, without compensation to match. If someone wants to offer a job in that space that is strictly a defined set of hours, with hard guarantees of work / life balance and reasonable compensation.. they might be able to attract talent.

I doubt that will happen... instead we'll get the Sturm und Drang of ''we can't find qualified workers''* -- Workers stupid enough to take our lowball offer

Semiconductor space is due for a productivity overhaul. Unfortunately management in the space is quite conservative. Without the productivity improvement pay and work hours cannot keep up with software.

Also, in semiconductors prices are expected to go down every year. When you launch a new product, customers will ask for price reduction plan. So any efficiencies gained do not go to the bottom line of the supplier.

Hunch:

SWE salaries will fall as supply seems to have increased, due to the gold rush.

However, Electrical Engineers/Electronic Engineers with skills pertinent to "chip land" will increase in demand, and salaries will rise - perhaps dramatically. Long term domestic investment via government subsidies will have a focus area on promoting education/corporate pipelines, in order to address the shortage.

> America's chip land has another potential shortage: Electronics engineers

Last i heard there were some universities that had an EE curriculum, for example MIT, Berkeley, Caltech, JHU. Is this not the case anymore ?

Just like with tech, Americans are the worst engineers. That's why they import all the Asian and Russian engineers to build their products.