>>9823342Supply and demand. How many electrical engineers do you think it takes to run the day-to-day operations at the average company that needs EEs? How many companies out there actually have a genuine need for EEs themselves? They have very technical jobs that require technical backgrounds, no doubt. But in terms of sheer quantity, how many of them are actually needed?
Running an operation like Google or Microsoft simply takes more manpower. There's more moving parts within a company doing that kind of work when compared to a single division within a niche company like an auto manufacturer or something that needs a handful of dedicated EEs