STEM

Standard-Top-5942

The year is 2026 and President Harris has just concluded a young women in STEM event on the White House lawn. The S&P is at 7000 and the US is leading the world in using AI to bring free healthcare to the world.

MrNo_Balls

it sounds like you're still in high school if you think that is the only way to end up in the never ending rat race or homeless. We all think we are special during that time because of good grades or graduating from college with a STEM degree, but all of that does not guarantee anything unfortunately. good luck in life kid.

PugsAndHugs95

Yes I work in a STEM related jobs designing control systems. We regularly try all the major models to see if they’re worth integrating into parts of our tasks or workflows. So far no dice. All the stuff it’s good at (language, translation, transcription, image generation [Nano Banana Pro], etc…) doesn’t really help my day to day. I deal with exact solutions or specifications and programming all day. It’s cost us about 20% more labor hours to try to use it in our day to day work.

lmnop713

STEM

Shdwrptr

Most of my money went into ASTS and RKLB. I invested into some other growth companies I thought were interesting that basically all failed (or at least lost almost all value). Some have somewhat recovered by now but I sold for a large loss to recover what I could at the time. From what I remember, they were MVST (EV batteries, LICY (EV battery recycling), ORGN (green plastics), LCID (EV Car maker). I ended up making small amount of money, or at least only losing small amounts in SOFI and STEM.

SpaghetiCode

Thank you for showing my point: Israel receives the same \*economic aid\* as Egypt (money that doesn't go to military equipment), yet it has better engineers, doctors, and most other non-military-wise STEM professionals. It also receives less economic aid than the UK and India. This is astounding.

OMGnoogies

Tech, Chip design, Pharma, Medicine... Israel is a major player in most STEM fields

SpaghetiCode

It's a mix of many things: \- Israel has an intense academic scene (specifically in STEM). \- Lots of skilled professionals fled to Israel (from the USSR) due to antisemitism (similar to how German scientists fled to the USA in WW2). \- necessity-driven innovation (surrounded by enemies). \- strong government R&D support. All of these lead to a dense pool of engineers and scientists, creating vast opportunities for collaboration in the high-tech field. Similar pressure led Taiwan and Korea to be strong STEM hubs.

AntoniaFauci

Some of my best and worst FSLR and ENPH. I remain sure that someday America will join the rest of the world in realizing the free electricity from the sky is a good thing. And while FSLR is a favorite, the price of ENPH means it has more bounce potential. No idea what year or decade that might be though. Also some battery and related system plays. Things like MVST or STEM could erode to dust next year or just as easily triple. Who knows?

AMadWalrus

Ain't no way you're questioning the qualifications of one of the FOUNDERS of Salesforce cause his degree isn't STEM.

TTKnumberONE

I think good problem solving is a teachable skill. Going for a STEM degree and especially engineering is a good start. In this specific example I think it’s pretty dumb to judge a guy from his undergraduate degree from 1989. A simple scan of his resume would indicate he immediately went to work as a SWE for 5 years before starting his own cloud computing company and then immediately went to Salesforce as CTO, which he’s been for 26 years now. It literally doesnt matter what he did for undergrad. So yes, you’re right in that most CTOs have engineering backgrounds and most CEOs would probably want a CTO to have that type of background. In this case there’s a pretty clear reason none of that matters.

synapticrelease

Degrees matter when you’re trying to separate wheat from Chaff when you’re trying to narrow your selection of candidates. But it’s by no means a rule. It’s just a piece of paper telling you you did a thing. I know you know at least one person who got their degree that didn’t earn it. Well it flows both ways. Plenty of people are capable of many jobs outside of some highly specialized STEM stuff or legal professions where there really is an intellectual rigor. But by and large, any person capable of learning without a degree is still capable of learning.

Pornfest

Spoken as someone who never earned their STEM degree. Come back when you understand heap vs stack memory, or how degeneracy in energy eigenstates helps inform the industry to the limits of Moore’s law.

LordFedorington

I mean he did found Salesforce in 1999 so he built a billion dollar software company. I think that’s a better qualification for CTO than a STEM degree

dataCollector42069

this is why you are brainless looking at starts - you studied grammar instead of STEM

KANARYA79

Call STEM

SlidethedarksidE

Maybe you live in a rich area or aren’t willing to buy a starter home. But once you get past 50k a year & work in a STEM field lenders will line up for you.

biken2000

Chinese and Indian Americans are significantly overrepresented in U.S. STEM fields (engineering, computer science, math, medicine, research).

Stardust-1

I work in STEM R&D and have a pretty good view of what’s going on in both countries. I speak both languages, and a lot of my former classmates or lab mates are now founders or principle engineers at the top of their fields. Honestly, the U.S. has been falling behind for years—it’s just taken a while for people to notice. And even now, there’s still a ton of copium: “China only copies,” “Chinese people can’t innovate,” “Chinese companies are all hype.” You don’t need much critical thinking to see how weak those arguments are. A country that produces almost 10× the number of STEM grads and PhDs, graduated from good universities btw—and where many are willing to work 80-hour weeks for relatively low pay—is obviously going to outcompete and out-innovate over time. That’s just math and incentives. But this is a stocks sub. If the market is still running on denial, why wouldn’t I make money off it? By the time the U.S. really comes to terms with reality, I’ll have more than enough saved to retire wherever I want. So honestly… why should I care?

Zuko2001

University has become such a joke, so many majors are absolutely useless and postgrad degrees even more so. Even within many STEM fields graduate degrees aren’t the way to more money. Only do a masters/PhD in fields like the sciences if you have a deep passion for the work and understand you’re getting financially shafted.

tachyonvelocity

I've always said, an underappreciated bear case for semis is that China will increasingly take market share from Western semi companies. There is an extreme determination for China to develop edge semis, and considering the amount of STEM grads and funding, it is very likely China will do so, just a matter of time. The bear case is that many semis have high exposure to the Chinese market, they made a ton of money from Chinese consumers, who are the biggest consumers of chips in the world btw. That China won't be able to do this is Western propaganda, just consider the fact that OPEN AI scientists are literally 30% of Chinese descent, gives you an idea of the potential of future Chinese semis.

slimjones444

3 energy stocks i watch all started reversal at the same time. FLNC NXXT STEM Very interesting to say the least

movdqa

They have a 2 MW experimental that's been running since 2024. Another five years to develop a commercial version seems reasonable. They are under a lot of pressure to electrify for national security and they are taking an all of everything approach with massive solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, coal production. I don't count the Chinese out given what they are producing in research output and STEM graduates and they now have top-ranked universities ahead of MIT and Stanford. They added 277 GW of solar in 2024. They added 14 GW of hydro in 2024. 76 GW of wind in 2023. And they're on a pace of adding 6-10 conventional nuclear reactors per year.

MasonReedShadow9142

STEM and ENPH are solid names here. NXXT is smaller but interesting

slendermanwrites

Theres plenty plays to choose from, from top of my head PWR, STEM, NXXT, ICLN and so many more

minibrusselsprouts

There’s one more factor and that is people. China is churning out engineers like nobody’s business as they value STEM subjects more than the west. A lot of the engineers at the top US AI labs are ethically Chinese. See Meta’s superintelligence team for example.

dapi331

Yep. 400,000 OPT visa holders taking ENTRY LEVEL post-grad jobs, almost entirely STEM. 730,000 H1-Bs taking high paying jobs. Then you have their spouses and children automatically getting visas via H-4. And then maybe 10 million illegals here mainly employed by greedy employers who also don’t want to pay American wages, driving down American employment, but these won’t be included in layoff stats for obvious reasons.

SomeSamples

I would venture it is more than during Covid. Especially in the STEM career fields.

LeatherInspector2409

I have a STEM PHD. I still make typing errors on here. I put in less effort when I'm shit posting than I do when I'm doing my job.

chf_gang

well that depends on how you define engineer? He has a STEM degree and he's probably a lot more capable than most of the 'real engineers' out there

chargedcapacitor

Maybe primary schooling should do more to prepare young adults for higher education, so they have a better idea what direction they want to go. As it stands, the US still has a deficit for all STEM careers.

HugeAd5056

The really surprising thing about this is you’re saying finance majors don’t teach options. I don’t know the courses for finance, but I can tell you any basic STEM degree will likely teach you plenty of calculus. I did calc all the way through partial derivatives but can’t imagine why you’d need it at all for options. The math required for options trading is basic algebra lol. All the greeks are just algebra. Statistics is the core of estimating which direction a stock will go, but do you really think you need to major in it? Just let the experts show you their analyses… follow a few people you think are smarter than you and call it peer review. That’s not math but it is what we do in science when we call it “peer review.” And scientists know well not to be an expert in everything. This is why throughout an entire PhD some scientists will study just one problem. So they can know it better than everyone and write a ground shattering dissertation. Everyone else just reads it. Peer review might be the best analytical skill beyond the basics. But what do I know lol. Ask Warren Buffet.

A_small_Chicken

In an alternate timeline President Kamala is at a boring conference to get girls into STEM while we are enjoying a healthy economy.

DolanTheCaptan

People can be very thoughtful and informed within their specific field, but those skills don't necessarily translate to general curiosity, critical thinking, or research skills. It's part of why I am really annoyed when some people say that college is useless now that so much material is online. Most people need some kind of guided edcuation, and do not have the critical thinking, or structure, or discipline (or any combination of those 3) to actually get as much out of learning on their own without the supporting structure. And I'd consider myself one of those, I have plenty of ideas for personal projects, but I've only really done shit when it was required by some structure, be it uni, work, or STEM team challenges.

NOT_MartinShkreli

Most of them barely learned math and without STEM degree, you’re toast. Smart people go into trades and learn. Then start a business and show up on time and get things done within budget and by the deadline … but that’s damn near impossible to find

ppwalz

I like $ZSPC because it’s found a solid base around $0.72. They acquired BlocksCAD this year to boost STEM education tools, which should start paying off. Seeing strong software adoption and revenue retention at 131%, with Q3 software growth despite an overall YoY revenue dip from a large prior-year order and funding delays.

ppwalz

I like $ZSPC because it’s found a solid base around $0.72. They acquired BlocksCAD this year to boost STEM education tools, which should start paying off. Seeing strong software adoption and revenue retention at 131%, with Q3 software growth despite an overall YoY revenue dip from a large prior-year order and funding delays.

nocryinginthecasino

80% of US workforce is unskilled labor, including all those with bullshit none STEM college degrees.

Great_Employment_560

Fuck these guys ruining Tech/Engineering as a viable STEM field. Absolutely annoyed

MHWGamer

what are you expenses within a year? i am from STEM and make 70k in my country (early in career and it is very good for 35h in a week), but I think my bosses make like 120k or so and their boss (from the whole factory) maybe 180k I dunno. Top managers from my company make more obviously. The point is that life is roughly 1/3 cheaper than the life of general america, depending where you life 380k could still be a lot or you life e.g. in San Francisco and the expenses are so crazy to me that from 380k (or lets say 200k) there isn't that much left in the end. If I would make 380k in a year, I would be ridiculous rich for a normal life (230k after tax, crazy city flats are maybe 6k a month = 72k, + leasing a porsche for 2.5k= 30k, any other luxury and food 50k and you still have 80k left every single year to invest = BONKERS)

C0II1n

The more I realized is STEM is really for the physics geeks. If you aren’t a physics geek then the juice isn’t really worth the squeeze. I am a physics geek but even still…

Thunder_Nipples

I should've gone to law school instead of STEM. All these years don't matter when your 60+ year-old boss just tells you to "solve it with AI" instead lmao. The guy has never had to solve a technical problem in his life. I'm the real fucking 🤡

n24re

I am with you on all but the labor shortage. There is a labor surplus in most of the STEM sectors. The Immigration restrictions need to come in faster to make a meaningful impact. I am seeing a shortage of healthcare, trades and basic manual labor but a huge surplus in IT,Engineering...basically anything STEM with the exception of Medical Sciences.

rn_journey

Is the model Y the cheap one? The market that would be totally dominated by Chinese manufacturers which now have better technology, if not then EU cars. "Full self driving", hyperloop, DOGE, boring tunnels, roadster, solar roofs, humanoid robots, robotaxi, rockets to nowhere that blow up, year after year promising "soon", every single deadline missed or faked, lack of white papers or scientific method, removing lidar, failing at moon race mission (he will likely cause China to win), ousted from first CEO position (Paypal), cheap model 3. Cybertruck was late and a piece of shit (aluminum uni-body swapped to dangerous glued on sheet metal). Hiding Tesla crash figures. Claiming we will be going to Mars soon. His first company was a lucky .com bubble venture and had no revenue and did nothing, he has no STEM degree (then faked it). OpenAI scandal. Stupid salutes whether Nazi or not. Drug abuse. Came from Rolls Royce money but claims to be normal, self-made, and not out of touch. Twitter is destroyed and the antithesis of what he claimed he wanted. Calling rescuers "pedo" because his help was refused. Conspiracy theories. Lies lies lies lies lies lies lies. People are sick to death of it, and anyone who can't see it or carries on with it is either too sheltered in a bubble, or too caught up in a Stockholm Syndrome type effect to see how lies, manipulation, cheating, stealing, and being proud of being a sociopath (lacking empathy) will destroy the US. It is not a sustainable society. Why? All because he forced electric cars to become popular a few years earlier than they would have anyway? We had electric cars 100 years ago. "FSD" is just a driver assistance system.

GuyOnTheMoon

Wow what a well written comment. Brilliantly articulated, and it resonates deeply. It highlights a fundamental divergence in priorities that I see as a battle of underlying ideologies. China, for decades, made massive investments in its human capital through building world-class infrastructure, prioritizing STEM education, and using policies like the one-child policy to strategically engineer its society (regardless of one's view on its ethics). The core belief was that a highly skilled and organized populace would be the ultimate driver of growth. The West, by contrast, placed its faith almost exclusively in monetary capital and the dominance of the US dollar. While it's easy to blame short-sighted or greedy leaders (and they certainly play a role) the real failure is systemic. In a system where profit is the prioritized metric, investment naturally flows toward what is most immediately lucrative, not necessarily what is most productive or sustainable long-term. This can lead to economic bubbles (as we’re seeing now) where capital is funneled into speculative assets based on the belief that private companies will always generate returns, rather than into foundational public goods. And that's the key: the West is treating AI as just another bubble, focused on scaling LLMs for commercial gain. But the real race isn't about model size; it's about human adoption. The winner won't be whoever builds the smartest AI, but which society best integrates it into the fabric of daily life, education, and public service. It's societal engineering versus technical engineering, and once again, we're betting on the wrong horse.

Rufawana

Well that, and the fact that China has more engineers and STEM graduates by a significant margin.

namafire

Those are non-sequitars. Look up the STEM under and unemployment rate for STEM or at minimum college graduates

unia_7

What are you talking about, even if we have 4x as many STEM graduates, it's still a drop in a bucket. And who told you STEM graduate jobs won't be affected.

Timo-the-hippo

China has 4x per capita STEM graduate rate compared to the US. There are absolutely enough ai-proof jobs but we are massively behind on education/training.

asxnullified

I've thoroughly enjoyed your DDs and general writing style. And I fully concur: Biotech is a massive risk, especially when the STEM types (like myself) try to "redefine business" through product development only. And your philosophy of them being able to handle the little things first is reassuring, but idk; Biotech is always iffy.

Kenosis94

I work in the field on the STEM side and you did a great job explaining why I have all of one or two biotech companies on my watch list. The other thing worth mentioning is that the FDA is not the only "FDA" pretty much every country has some equivalent and some show reciprocity to each other or approve stuff under a shared organization but there is no universal alignment. The only universal elements of pharma regulations are that they are slow as hell and expensive to comply with. If you've ever thought environmental regulators made shit expensive, then you shouldn't even think about anything involving pharma regulators. As an aside, I have lots of cures for cancer, but nobody seems willing to accept the side effects. We'd have it handled if it weren't for all the complaining about death and disfigurement from the regulators...

Sensitive-Radish-292

The most important thing to understand is what "volatility" means. High volatility can mean it will shoot up a lot from the EV ... but also that i can shoot down a lot from the EV as well. It's hard because stochastic mathematics is usually taught in universities... and if it's not a STEM major then the quality is bad.

ILookLikeKristoff

Yeah this is a disappointing trend of capitalists realizing there's more money to be made by ignoring a huge chunk of their demographic and focusing on the whale customers. They could give a shit if you go a few times a year, they want STEM DINK Doordash addicts that spend $100/night 3-4 times a week

Terrible-Tadpole6793

Americans are underrepresented in STEM programs because the universities are giving all the spots away to people from across the world. Not against people from across the world coming to school but Americans not being able to support their own economy is the root of all the societal craziness that we're dealing with today. I'm an American with two STEM masters degrees.

PlataoPlomo19

STEM programs at American universities have an overrepresentation of foreign workers for societal reasons, especially in Master's programs. That pipeline of students enters the workforce in a related role to what they studied. Also, employers in sectors where local talent is abundant (e.g., investment banking) are from personal experience, very reluctant to sponsor foreign workers while tech is the opposite

LurkerFailsLurking

Being an immigrant doesn't make you magically well informed. "No truth?" Let's go point by point. >we're not investing in next gen infrastructure [https://www.top1000funds.com/2025/09/public-private-partnerships-key-to-fixing-us-infrastructure/](https://www.top1000funds.com/2025/09/public-private-partnerships-key-to-fixing-us-infrastructure/) [https://www.govtech.com/transportation/report-finds-infrastructure-funding-spurs-jobs-investment](https://www.govtech.com/transportation/report-finds-infrastructure-funding-spurs-jobs-investment) >we're not funding research [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/after-courts-hampered-earlier-efforts-trump-wants-to-cancel-more-funding-during-shutdown](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/after-courts-hampered-earlier-efforts-trump-wants-to-cancel-more-funding-during-shutdown) [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/climate/trump-climate-science-funding.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/climate/trump-climate-science-funding.html) >we're making it cost prohibitive and unattractive to bring highly skilled workers here, [https://www.boundless.com/blog/trump-administration-to-propose-new-100000-fee-for-h-1b-visa-applications](https://www.boundless.com/blog/trump-administration-to-propose-new-100000-fee-for-h-1b-visa-applications) [https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/10/09/donald-trumps-fortress-economy-is-starting-to-hurt-america](https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/10/09/donald-trumps-fortress-economy-is-starting-to-hurt-america) >we're gutting our educational system when we were already falling behind in the STEM skills that have fueled market dominance for the last half century, [https://www.npr.org/2025/10/13/nx-s1-5572489/trump-special-education-department-funding-layoffs-disabilities](https://www.npr.org/2025/10/13/nx-s1-5572489/trump-special-education-department-funding-layoffs-disabilities) [https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/trumps-higher-education-crackdown-visa-revocations-dei-bans-lawsuits-and-funding-cuts](https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/trumps-higher-education-crackdown-visa-revocations-dei-bans-lawsuits-and-funding-cuts) >we're adopting isolationist, erratic trade policies that are permanently cutting US producers off from the markets that have been a major source of revenue for decades.... [https://www.wpr.org/news/farmers-trump-trade-war-bailout-harvest](https://www.wpr.org/news/farmers-trump-trade-war-bailout-harvest) [https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/09/30/ohio-family-farmers-describe-life-under-trump-tariffs-were-in-a-hell-of-a-mess-here/](https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/09/30/ohio-family-farmers-describe-life-under-trump-tariffs-were-in-a-hell-of-a-mess-here/) [https://sentientmedia.org/trumps-tariffs-are-hurting-soybean-farmers/](https://sentientmedia.org/trumps-tariffs-are-hurting-soybean-farmers/) And I didn't even mention how Trump's policies are hurting US manufacturing and busineses [https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-10-16/trumps-tariffs-american-businesses](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-10-16/trumps-tariffs-american-businesses) I had to cut sources because my comment was too long. lol

UnderstandingThin40

“we're not investing in next gen infrastructure, we're not funding research, we're making it cost prohibitive and unattractive to bring highly skilled workers here, we're gutting our educational system when we were already falling behind in the STEM skills that have fueled market dominance for the last half century, we're adopting isolationist, erratic trade policies that are permanently cutting US producers off from the markets that have been a major source of revenue for decades....” This is literally all false lmaooo. Only Reddit believes this 

LurkerFailsLurking

I'm not puzzled anymore. The S&P 500 still has 500 names on it, but 75% of its gains this year have come from a handful of AI stocks whose own CEOs are starting to say publicly that it's a bubble. On top of that, being up 15% in a year where the dollar is down 12% is not impressive. Especially when you look at the alternatives. Other regional indexes are beating the shit out of the S&P. VXUS, AAXJ, VGK are all up about 25% and AFK is up 50%. Other countries' markets are doing much, much better than the US'. Meanwhile, the US' fundamentals just aren't there for long term growth, we're not investing in next gen infrastructure, we're not funding research, we're making it cost prohibitive and unattractive to bring highly skilled workers here, we're gutting our educational system when we were already falling behind in the STEM skills that have fueled market dominance for the last half century, we're adopting isolationist, erratic trade policies that are permanently cutting US producers off from the markets that have been a major source of revenue for decades.... What I was saying back in April was that you can't just look at charts, you have to think about what the numbers actually mean in terms of the real world. And it's really bad still.

BedBathAndBukkake69

Worked at McDonald's. Was poor because I was being paid like shit. Didnt like it. Thought "how do I improve my situation?" That's the tl;dr of it. Now 12 years later I've got one STEM degree with a second on the way, make more than 4X what McDonald's paid me, and my autism became the obsessively reading about the stock market and quantitative finance variety. 

Motor_in_Spirit79

I make 18x what I did 20 years ago. I wouldn’t think of myself as the cream of the crop because 20 years ago the cost of living was waaaay cheaper, and I didn’t have the dependents I do today. China has risen to challenge all the world superpowers and that is commendable, but it doesn’t happen without The U.S. You kind of just pointed out why the U.S. stays relevant. Other nations can’t keep their shit together long enough to challenge the dollar. It was supposed to be the Euro, until it wasn’t. Now BRICS, who have turned out to be as useful as a Discover Card in the 90’s. Hint: it wasn’t accepted anywhere. Then crypto currency. Now they are saying a one world currency… and round and round we go. If China wants to become the finance center of the world they are going to have to change their approach and adopt more capitalistic policies. You mention their STEM graduates. Many of whom go off to live and work abroad. Why wouldn’t they? Their earning potential here is insane, and they quickly get access to open doors that guarantee their comfort for life. Why would Trump remove all tariffs when tariffs have always been in place? They are an intricate part of international trade between all nations.

luv2block

so China has massive capita per GDP growth, they are the 2nd wealthiest country in the world, they have more STEM graduates than anyone, they have all the commodities they need to sustain society (minus energy), and they control pretty much all global supply chains. hehe. ya. okay, America is large and in charge.

luv2block

The US is only the cash cow cuz they have a money printer, and that's coming to an end. Whether it's manufacturing, or raw materials, or refined materials, or STEM graduates... China is rapidly moving to replace the US. But regardless of ones view on that, the idea that the US controls China at this point is utterly ridiculous. The only leverage the US still has is its military. The rest of the world is playing nice (relatively speaking) with the US in the hopes the US doesn't go insane and start attacking everyone militarily, ultimately leading to a nuclear war.

Sensitive-Radish-292

# Use your brain apes Alright as someone who actually understands what quantum computers do, let me shine some light here: \- First of all I don't disagree with the point that all this hype around quantum computers is currently non-sensical. I completely agree with that. \- What I'm gonna argue about is the fact that OP is a complete retard when it comes to understanding what quantum computers are good for ... and honestly I'm not surprised - I don't expect someone who studied business administration to actually understand anything from a STEM field. Let's first talk about the part where he says "Quantum computers are useless unless you work with prime numbers 'n' shit" # Ever heard about cryptography? The moment any company reaches the point where they will have a powerful, working quantum computer what will most likely happen is that there will be swift action taken to make this go public. The main reason why is that suddenly most of the encryption that you use will suddenly become useless, unless it's quantum-resistant. There are quantum-proof encryption schemes - for example most lattice-based cryptography is quantum-proof. So saying that unless you do hrrr and drrr quantah computahs 'r' uselezz is f*cking regarded. # Unstructured database searches Another great example use-case of quantum algorithms is searching through an unstructured database this can solve many huge fucking problems. NP Search problems are a good example. Optimization problems in general, data mining etc. the list goes on. # There are other usecases but that's not the point The point is to give you a little bit insight into the fact that he has no f*cking idea what the technology is about. He has no f*cking idea about the advancements made, since he didn't even mention other companies, like MSFT. So use your brain, and realize that he's just using his authority to sway your judgement.

AntoniaFauci

STEM back on the move. Looking to revisit 52 week highs around $32-33. There’s a strong incentive to close above $30 in the next few days as that will unlock cheap capital at minimal dilution.

Gasdoc1990

Yeah if you’re STEM and went to a bullshit college and got bullshit grades. They need smart STEM people, not dumbasses with a STEM degree

InvisibleEar

Yeah they say that yet everyone in STEM says it's fucking impossible to get hired now

bigGoatCoin

> Zero reason why someone from across the world can do what we can’t. Well theres the complete refusal of americans students to study the important topics.... Maybe make it illegal for americans to fail a math class, 1 year imprisonment. Then make it so all americans who go to college must major in a STEM field.

AntoniaFauci

Someday the current anti-renewables propaganda and insanity will break. Solar is free electricty from the sky. Stocks like STEM and ENPH are at 90% discounts. As greedy mega-corps suck up all the current available electricity, average citizen’s bills will keep skyrocketing. The quickest solution for individuals and small businesses will be to make their own electricity for free. Skyrocketing utility bills will only make that good idea more compelling.

movzx

This is some real head-in-the-sand nonsense. The job market is shit. Even traditionally "safe" careers like STEM are struggling. Wages have not kept with inflation. If you haven't gotten at least a 35% raise (inflation+dollar devalue) in the last 5 years, you are making less than you did prior to COVID. Unemployment is increasing and is at one of the worst levels (outside of housing crash and covid) it has been in your lifetime. There's a reason they moved to hiding the numbers. "Better than during COVID" isn't a ringing endorsement.

Cheap-Leopard7667

Personal attack? What STEM? That is a Fn compliment. Let me outta here for real.

Cheap-Leopard7667

Sarcastic humor. Guess you missed it. That’s okay, you took my response literally. Hope you’re in a STEM occupational field.

MartianHills

Dark factories. China invested heavily in STEM education and built an army of engineers and scientists. As a result, they are leaps and bounds ahead of the world in manufacturing technology, especially automation. I know Chinese made goods are typically seen as "cheap", but I've heard their new EV's are better than anything else on the market right now.

mygoodoldreddit

More STEM

njlimbacher23

Here quick overview of LCTX... (STEM) CELL therapeutics company focused on brining these types of therapies into a regulated market. One of their most exciting projects is OPRegen... it fixes an issue with the eyes in one treatment.. not only stops the degeneration.. but is actually showing to repair it in 36 month Phase 2 trials. It would be amazing to me if it does not come to market at some point between 2027-2028. No surprise.. after their successful announcement of the Phase 2 trials for OPRegen.. now they are getting funding for Diabetes cell therapy treatment. Frankly I was happy just riding this stock as it was.. if they can get great phase 1/2 results for Diabetes treatment.. it could be a major catalyst to see LCTX. Why is LCTX still under $2? Well Biotech tends to either be the best stock you own or it just falls from the sky. Its not super exciting and the process doesn't happen over night. Do your due diligence, but from what I have seen. LCTX has proven to be a legit entity operating with integrity. I believe their results.

TX_BallCoach40

Former social studies teacher here: history has been getting gutted for a while now. If it isn’t Reading/Writing or STEM, schools treat it like PE lol

PompeiiSketches

In an alternate timeline: the year is 2025 President Harris is hosting a White House event celebrating LGBTQ in STEM with special guest Budweiser CEO Dylan Mulvaney. As a land acknowledgment is being given to start the event a White House aide approaches, “madam president, SPY has just surpassed 900 points.” Harris drowns her cackling with her fourth cosmopolitan of the afternoon.

Vast_Cricket

Bar students study critical STEM area. Trump said he would but changed his mind. Trump also need to have domestic rare earth material mines lined up in Canada and US. They are in north and south American not mined.

visionarymind

Finna switch topics after this, but its never a positive sign to go to extreme lengths to block someone from buying something from the free market because you’re afraid they’ll eventually eclipse you It stinks of insecurity & highlights your inability to compete on a leveled playing field, it’s like 🇷🇺 in the Olympics Hopefully 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ isn’t as far behind as the metrics indicate regarding education, but this country’s pretty fuking dumb & it’s pretty depressing to see what upper division STEM curriculums entail in 2025 …anyways, SPX 6,888 🔜 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

Secure-Fly6213

Where to find STEM/rich GF?

GuyOnTheMoon

Yes absolutely on the terms of actual physical materials. The difference is that in this AI race, the economics is a bubble. We’re pouring more money into AI than what we can get out of it. However the potential for this technology to skyrocket economically is also astronomical. When no one truly knows the outcome of this AI race, the pressure to double down on it becomes more intense. And thus if we can’t compete with China academically (they produce 50% of the world’s top STEM researchers), then perhaps we could hinder them with economic sanctions. Because quite unfortunately that’s the only card we have left to play. At least according to our current administration.

captain_ahabb

[I suspect that your estimate of how many students are getting humanities and social science degrees is probably completely wrong.](https://infographicjournal.com/how-top-25-most-popular-college-majors-changed-over-time/) Note that humanities degrees only make up ~10% of the total here. The most popular by far are business and nursing. More to the point, the current employment crisis for recent grads isn't happening to humanities graduates... it's happening to STEM graduates. [The unemployment rate for computer science graduates is over 6%! ](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/16/college-majors-with-the-best-and-worst-employment-prospects.html) >When you look at the 20 year olds unemployment rates, you can generally correlate that to the rate of kids at that current age who didn't have jobs in high school and college and the ratio of worthless degrees. I think you made this up based on personal anecdotes and cultural stereotypes and you haven't actually investigated this issue at all.

StonklordBenno

Thoughts on STEM? Used to own it but its down to a 200mln marketcap now. Wonder if it could have a similar energy storage boom as this stock.

Reddit-for-all

A) They have done a ton to curb legal immigration. Google it and you will see a lot of anti-immigration policies in effect. B) Trump is temporary but the damage to our reputation is long lasting. No skilled labor or STEM people want to come here anymore. In fact, they are fleeing. I hope the immigration continues as projected, but this administration is doing what they can to make sure that doesn't happen.

ivotebolsheviklite

Someone told me that in 2014-2016. Sitting on 890% gains on those positions with an adjusted 650% on them when you factor in dividends. And MS is only getting bigger. They have an entire AI market that they can only grow into; copilot could get huge momentum from minor improvements, they are bound to gain more K-12 market share and the resulting founder effect that will be the result of the fact that Chromebooks are going to become far too shit to run proper K-12 STEM workloads because of LLMs, and their legacy tech is basically so entrenched on so many business systems that you literally just have to keep building on top of it or perish.

LurkerFailsLurking

The US federal government is shut down because we literally don't even have a budget anymore. The president just fucked over farmers by simultaneously stopping them from selling their products to China while subsidizing farmers abroad to compete with them. His 50× increase to the cost of H-1B visas combined with gutting and sabotaging STEM education from pre-K to graduate studies means the pipeline for skilled labor just got turned off, while effectively making it more cost effective for companies needing those workers to set up shop overseas. His war with his own federal reserve will eventually get him what he wants (low interest rates) and all the inflation that will come with it. Trump's new $100B extralegal federal paramilitary force with its hundreds of detention centers that are typically disconnected from the entire criminal justice system already has 60,000 people incarcerated indefinitely, almost three quarters of whom haven't even been charged with a crime, let alone tried, let alone convicted. By comparison, the EU's budget crisis is an ice cream social.

3rdthrow

I was in your situation once. I was investing >3x the cost of my rent. The Landlord only raised rent by 2% every year. It got me to coastFIRE and then I got renovicted. That is where the Landlord evicts everyone for renovations. The place wasn’t worth the new price and I moved to a nicer place. That apartment and getting a full ride scholarship to college, to get my STEM degree, were probably the two biggest breaks of my life.

Salty-Ganache3068

Well not gonna lie. It’s a lot. Especially if you’re in a high income bracket with significant assets, which basically eliminates the possibility of grants and subsidized loans. Community college aside. Based on my oldest stating this year, tuition, room and board at a ranked Private STEM program runs 90k a year. Equivalent state school about 50k. Private costs are offset by half by merit scholarships. State schools give penny’s. Net net. Easily 200K regardless of path.

That_anonymous_guy18

STEM 55k in TFSA, 100k in RSU, 10k in ROTH

Fjotla

STEM avgd at $90 still holding tho, diamond handing till it skyrockets

br0b1wan

Yeah private sector STEM research for example

Ok_Lawyer_3501

STEM reverse going up I would not touch it tho

bubbagumpskrimps222

STEM or corporate Finance & Accounting mostly.

job_or_no_job

Your post reeks of xenophobia, but yes all the Indians must be somehow related to Sundar Pichai. You’re also conflating “tech support” with skilled engineers, doctors, etc who are the majority of who is impacted by this. STEM fields are already disproportionately white, and Asians even more overrepresented, so unless this was paired with some kind of support to increase STEM education for Black, Latino, or native Americans, what you’re actually saying is that the jobs should go to white people (men) instead. Source for racial & gender gaps in STEM occupations: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/science-technology-math-race-ethnicity-gender-diversity-gap

job_or_no_job

Lmaoo this is some ignorant nonsense. I have friends on H1Bs who are some of the most brilliant researchers and engineers at Google, Microsoft, etc. When you say American here you mean white. The talent simply doesn’t exist here, nor is the educational training for STEM fields being made accessible to most Americans, white or otherwise.

Mharciello

I dont know whats STEM, but id rather teach a phD before that. Let them be genuine profesionals and experts, not ghey stuff

CEOofBeanz

It’s not necessarily true that we absolutely need immigrants to grow our tech industry. Now listen, at current standing we are certainly dependent on many H-1B immigrants in tech. But it needs to begin at the public school level, not H-1B which is the last step in the process. We need kids learning more complicated STEM, earlier. More programs to promote the success which can be achieved through this path, etc.

CapeMOGuy

I would rather call this a boon to currently underemployed US entry level STEM job seekers.

necessaryGood101

Whatever. The thing is, Trump is giving its STEM edge all away to China on a platter.

BeneficialNatural610

Big tech can afford it, but not small start ups. It's also short-sighted to assume everyone on h1b is in tech or engineering. There are many STEM professionals and experts in very niche fields with very low domestic labor supply who rely on H1b. Consider healthcare workers, teachers, researchers, mathematicians, physicists, molecular biologists, doctors, actuaries, statisticians, etc. Sure, there are Americans who can fill some of these roles, but we have H1b for a reason and there are many shortages in these fields. We should also consider the fact that this fee was dropped on us without warning. Many businesses have not had the chance to adjust their hiring practices or prepare their current H1b employees for this type of disruption. It will completely wreck the lives of many H1b holders and their families. It's extremely wreckless and it gives no consideration to everyone relying on the program 

bossholmes

Thanks for taking the time, have a few friends in public markets myself. Just curious on why you didn't consider (or make) the move to the buy-side? Esp when healthcare analysts are in super high-demand (esp pharma). Did you come from a STEM background yourself?