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### STEM in the City – Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Written by Liz Amsden on April 09 2020.

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## [Engineers Like to Solve Problems](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19557:engineers-like-to-solve-problems&catid=369)

Garbage needs collecting, streets need repairing and traffic lights need fixing. And we can take this time, when our own lives are on hold, to look a…

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