I&#x27;ve read that the old socialist government in India produced more engineers and other technical people than the economy could absorb. And it was nearly impossible to start a business either. Why a lot of Indian technical people came to the united states to work.<p>I&#x27;m under the impression that in a lot of middle eastern countries it&#x27;s not real hard to get into university. However the universities are corrupt. To get good grades means cheating and subtle and or not so subtle bribes to your professors. And once you are out if the fix isn&#x27;t in for you, you&#x27;re not going to get a job.<p>I&#x27;ve noted in my career that you have three kinds of engineering students. Those that go into it for the money. Those that go into it because they have some grand narcissistic idea that they&#x27;ll changed the world. And those that are more or less happy to spend the rest of their career designing trash pumps. The first drift into sales and management. The second are potential a source of terrorists. And the latter are guys like me.