> As a vocation choice STEM is as likely to be as unrewarding as trying to become a rock star, a pro NBA player, or a fine arts painter
Baloney. :-) If we total up the number of people who support a middle-class or better lifestyle solely with income from activities as "a rock star, a pro NBA player, or a fine arts painter" I think we'd see multiple of orders of magnitude fewer than those doing the same in STEM fields.
For example: "as of 2009, GlaxoSmithKline employs an estimated 99,913 people around the world, and 12,800 of these employees work in GSK’s research teams to discover new medicines" http://www.numberof.net/number-of-gsk-employees/
Compared to: "Each team may have 15 players on their roster, 12 of which may dress for each game. Since there are 30 teams in the league, at any one time there is a maximum of 450 players on NBA rosters" http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_total_number_of_player...
Baloney. :-) If we total up the number of people who support a middle-class or better lifestyle solely with income from activities as "a rock star, a pro NBA player, or a fine arts painter" I think we'd see multiple of orders of magnitude fewer than those doing the same in STEM fields.
For example: "as of 2009, GlaxoSmithKline employs an estimated 99,913 people around the world, and 12,800 of these employees work in GSK’s research teams to discover new medicines" http://www.numberof.net/number-of-gsk-employees/
Compared to: "Each team may have 15 players on their roster, 12 of which may dress for each game. Since there are 30 teams in the league, at any one time there is a maximum of 450 players on NBA rosters" http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_total_number_of_player...