What jobs is Detroit known for?

[BankruptcyGuy]

From an interesting FiveThirtyEight article:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/w...ost-known-for/



Detroit, MI

Top Skill Category: Engineering

Top Skills:

• Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
• Lean Manufacturing and Quality Management
• Automotive Services, Parts and Design
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Healthcare Management
• Process and Project Managment
• Microsoft Office and General Business Productivity

[Willi]

Warren seems to play up that Arsenal of Democracy thing over and over and over again.
Vehicles, Tanks and Missiles, along with hardcore gritty grimy industrial manufacturing.
If it wasn't for military contracts and automobile manufacturing, Warren would be dead.

[Jimaz]

Thanks. Nice interactive map.

That red spot in Birmingham, AL stood out so I went clicking on that and other cities all over. It showed that "Criminal Law" is concentrated in the deep south. Hmm.

There are a lot of "Counterterrorism Law" [[?) hotspots in the map too. That must be a new booming industry.

[Amznblue]

Warren seems to play up that Arsenal of Democracy thing over and over and over again.
Vehicles, Tanks and Missiles, along with hardcore gritty grimy industrial manufacturing.
If it wasn't for military contracts and automobile manufacturing, Warren would be dead.

Yea...... because all those things are built at the GM Tech Center.

[animatedmartian]

Warren seems to play up that Arsenal of Democracy thing over and over and over again.
Vehicles, Tanks and Missiles, along with hardcore gritty grimy industrial manufacturing.
If it wasn't for military contracts and automobile manufacturing, Warren would be dead.

that can be said of Detroit and many of its suburbs. Minus the military contracts.

[Willi]

Maybe if more people thought evolution, instead of lamenting what once was in history,
the entire area would be in better shape, economically, and physically.
Why is everyone sooooo god damn intent on keeping what was 50 years ago ?

[jt1]

Who is 'everyone.' The people I know in the city aren't that prone to cling to history. Now, those people on 30 mile road really like to talk about the good old days.

Honestly, do you know a single person that lives in the city or is your view from channel 4 and the curmudgeonly neighbors that long for the 'good old days'

[Willi]

Obviously ""my circles"" don't overlap with ""your-circles"" JT1; but it doesn't diminish
the sentiment of many who don't like change, new stuff, technology, progress, evolution.
They vote, they lobby, they petition, they attempt to leverage - for the way it used to be.
Status quo is safe, comfortable, non-threatening, and is easier to deal with.

[Hypestyles]

Detroit & metro needs a lot more diverse career fields and the training infrastructure to facilitate new local workers.

[maverick1]

Who is 'everyone.' The people I know in the city aren't that prone to cling to history. Now, those people on 30 mile road really like to talk about the good old days.

Honestly, do you know a single person that lives in the city or is your view from channel 4 and the curmudgeonly neighbors that long for the 'good old days'

I thought I was the only person that notices this. In general I don't see too many people who live in Detroit still hoping or stuck in the "good ol days". Whatever economy or jobs that put food on the table and a roof over there head is what they want. They couldn't care less about the "good ol days".

[maverick1]

Detroit & metro needs a lot more diverse career fields and the training infrastructure to facilitate new local workers.

I totally agree. If you are an engineer it's a great region to be in. The problem is that everyone isn't in STEM. The majority of people I see leave Metro-Detroit don't work in STEM fields.

[Willi]

Not every engineer wants to work on damn cars, automobiles and trucks either.
Would be nice to have diversity instead of ALL the eggs in one basket, geesh.
There is more in the world to manufacture and we have the ports, bridges, trains, highways, airports.

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[Cincinnati_Kid]

Not every engineer wants to work on damn cars, automobiles and trucks either.
Would be nice to have diversity instead of ALL the eggs in one basket, geesh.
There is more in the world to manufacture and we have the ports, bridges, trains, highways, airports.

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Good point...