Skilled Engineers
Entrepreneurship is great. The idea of brave men and women striking out on a new path, armed only with an idea, passion in their hearts and fire in their bellies is the foundation of free market economy. I grew up reading stories of Henry Ford, JP Morgan and other American 'Captains of Industry' who seemingly by sheer force of will built vast business empires. In my teens and early years of university I was inspired by articles on Gary Kildal, Bill Gates, the two Steve's and Larry Page and Sergei Brin. Control Data, Microsoft, Apple and Google were their 'empires'. The Stories around them were of an idea that mushroomed into Blue Chip titans almost over night. Such stories are loaded with inspirational value, but the tell only a tiny part of the story. Those great ideas often had to find funding to be turned into reality and that money went to pay for office space, support staff, equipment and lots of other things. But above all it went to hiring educated, highl