He’s probably lying. While the bar is pretty low for entry level M.E.s, it’s not quite that low yet.

As an old Toolmaker, I have made my share of intern wannabe MEs cry after crushing their idiot ideas. I swear, the older engineers would send those clowns to me just so I would beat them about the head and neck with a stick.

(I have a Daughter that has a PhD in ME. I warned her to turn down the free lobotomy offer upon finishing her degree. She listened and is now a happy and very, very smart Dr. of Engineering working with EV and HVAC systems)

Most people don’t. There is just no free lunch to ever be had.

They are already trying to EV airplanes.

Ahh, the Tyranny of the Crowd. The form of governance that has brought you lynchings and even the French Revolution.

Regularly electing new mods will eventually lead to a similar path of only attracting the power hungry, (like any political position). Or you simply run out of qualified people silly enough to put up with the great unwashed masses, (riding herd on a community of ant kind is a very large pain in the arse-- Got that tee shirt don’t want another)