What if?

So years have passed.    Literally years.   What changed?   Like many movies story can benefit from editing. Cuts, shuffles and mixed timeline as far as it brings the edge. In line with it let start with the end. Where we now?   So far most of manufacturing was moved out and it will be really hard to move it back. Range of options for metallurgist to be employed are welding, construction (not much and mostly welding) making things and researching things. Some automotive manufacturing, pipe lining, natural resources, novel things like 3D printing and infrastructure. Welding seem to be very common but metallurgist does not weld, he may check it if it failed, select materials and teach upcoming welders (if institution thinks it's more important to focus on what is going on and less on how it done). There are very few opportunities and they often as common as neurosurgeons. Manufacturing revolves around Quality Control and some optional R&D and in current crisis...

I am going to post series of short pieces about metallurgy. Title is Metallurgy 2.12. Why? It sounds about right and I am going to explain why a bit later. Bethlehem steel, glorious birthplace of every single gun of US battleships become amusement park with casino. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem_Steel https://www.discoverlehighvalley.com/listing/steelstacks™/3063/  Move seems like deed by Bender from Futurama (referring to second episode in season 1) but it hardly joyful view for me. Metallurgy, it’s place in the today’s world and how people live with such occupation changed in years past and it will in years to come. Before I start talking about Metallurgy 2.12 I want to ask simple question. Who is metallurgist and what this professional does? Think about it. Let’s compare notes!