For much of the past 10-15 years, it has been a commonplace in many academic and public advocacy settings to emphasize current or prospective "shortages" or "shortfalls" in the US science and engineering workforce. ... Only a few years later, it became apparent that the trend was in the opposite direction ...

Labor market projections that go very far into the future are notoriously problematic.

... [Some experts] have expressed energetic concerns about the increasingly unattractive career experiences of newly minted scientists and engineers.