The problem we have in my industry (IT) is that they shipped nearly all the entry-level work overseas, so no one locally can even get INTO the field.. that means that every year that goes by, more and more of the older generation retire, and there are fewer and fewer of us who are actually proper senior engineers... there's no one coming in the door to replace at the moment. I suppose we'll have to keep granting H1B visas to bring over the Indians...

~amy