Elon Musk Apologizes For Tesla Workers Paid $5 An Hour

I'm torn on this.

I obviously want people to make a living wage, but when. i graduated in 2003, (which was just yesterday, btw) the typical starting wage for someone with an engineering degree was $50k, which translates to about $24/hr.

Heck, I'm 13 years in to my career and am now a Principal Engineer in the medical device field, which is supposedly pretty lucrative, and I don't make anywhere near that figure.

It seems crazy to me that non-degreed work can pay so much more than that...
 
Zarathustra[H] said:
I'm torn on this.

I obviously want people to make a living wage, but when. i graduated in 2003, (which was just yesterday, btw) the typical starting wage for someone with an engineering degree was $50k, which translates to about $24/hr.

Heck, I'm 13 years in to my career and am now a Principal Engineer in the medical device field, which is supposedly pretty lucrative, and I don't make anywhere near that figure.

It seems crazy to me that non-degreed work can pay so much more than that...
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Most engineers straight out of college know next to nothing about the construction field and are usually field taught by the guys out there. Not all engineers are worth 50k+ (some are worth about $15/hour if that).
 
Yes, but it's also crazy the difference in pay for the same work in different areas of the country. I mean really, it's a twelve hour drive from Tucson to San Jose and the wage jump from $15 bucks and hour to over $50 and I bet those benefits are state mandated as well and the guy in Tucson isn't getting those either.
 
doz said:
Most engineers straight out of college know next to nothing about the construction field and are usually field taught by the guys out there. Not all engineers are worth 50k+ (some are worth about $15/hour if that).
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He isn't that kind of engineer and the wage he is talking about isn't the same either.
 
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