However, in my experience the asian kids are in engineering because they believe its a lucrative career path and/or they are pressured by their parents. Lots of grade-grubbin, not alot of passion for the subject matter. This is in turn reflected by the higher rates of depression and suicide amongst this population.
I’ll have to disagree with this. I’m Asian and an engineer. Many if my friends are Asian and engineers as well. We weren’t pressured by our parents to be engineers. We were pressured by our parents to get higher education. They feel that education will open doors, but nothing specific to engineering. Most of us 2nd generation Asians who become engineers because we love it. We can very well study finance and get our MBA and make much more money, but we chose engineering because that’s our passion. I don’t know where you get depression and suicide from, but I don’t see that and most people I know are Asians who are engineers.
I’ll feel otherwise when I’m using an Indian Operating system running on a Chinese microprocessor.
Oh, but you are. I’m sure most of the development done on Windows OS are done by Indian engineers and most of the CPU that run those OS are made in China. It takes time to be #1 but it will happen. Just look at which company is now #1 automaker in the world. It’s the passionless Asian company.
