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Because Donald Trump is a child, and a failure. His only option is attack ads. What else is he going to do, talk about his first term? Or his plans for a second?“I’m Donald Trump and I approve this message.”“Donald Trump inherited a strong and healthy economy. By the time of his first legislative accomplishment, his tax bill, the Dow was at 24,000 and unemployment was just over 4%. 26 months later, just before the coronavirus hit, the Dow had grown by 13%—as much as it grew in two weeks after Obama signed his recovery act, and unemployment had dropped by half a percent—about 1/10th of the improvement Obama saw in eight years. The Fed lowered interest rates for the first time since Bush was President, and President Trump complained they didn’t do more to stop a recession—a recession that began a month before the coronavirus lockdowns, while Trump vacationed at Mar-A-Lago, where your tax dollars paid his businesses to let him to play golf on his own property.“Then, as everyone predicted (but President Trump), the coronavirus crisis hit. The Dow saw its single largest point drop in history, losing a third of its value in less than a month. 40 million people lost their jobs, and one in six small businesses closed permanently. President Trump sprang into action, negotiating with oil companies to raise gas prices by 50%, and borrowing $20,000 from China for every American citizen to prop up the stock market so his rich friends could increase their wealth by $300 billion while average Americans waited in line at food banks and 200,000 died.“Then with online ordering at an all-time high, Trump attacked the post office to stop mail-in voting. And in his second term, he will defund the post office permanently, along with Medicare and Social Security, killing millions. And if you’re excited about that, wait until you hear about his plans for a third, fourth, fifth, and sixth term!”It’s either that or:“Joe Biden is a socialist. Trust me.”Yeah, honesty isn’t going to help him here. Just the negative ads.

Get a degree in petroleum engineering from a reputable oil/gas school. Focus on reservoir coursework. Get hired by an oil company. Done.If you're already in the industry, your best bet is to tell your manager that you want to work on reservoir engineering, and see what kind of cross-training opportunities are available. You may need to be proactive about taking online courses and volunteering for projects with the local Reservoir/Production teams.

It's mostly supply and demand. Competent petroleum engineers have been in really short supply for 5-10 years now. There are only a few really reputable petroleum engineering schools in the world. Not a lot of schools even offer it as a major. (My university didn't.)Frankly, it takes a couple years of specific education and/or oil industry experience to even know what the hell your job is for. Grasping the big picture of oil industry economics and technology is hard. It is NOT a field that outsiders can easily jump into.Compare to software engineers -- almost every university in the world has a passing decent program. Many people are self-trained. There are tons of online resources to help software engineers do their jobs. All in all, the market seems oversupplied at the moment. Maybe not oversupplied with "10x engineers" but certainly oversupplied with so-so ones. That impacts pay.There's also a unique difference in the type of companies that employee petroleum engineers. Specifically, there's a difference in how big of a fraction of expenses employee compensation represents to businesses. A typical software company will spend a very large fraction of its expenses on salaries. Whereas a typical oil company spends a tiny fraction of its expenses on salaries.The capital investments and operating expenses required in the oil industry simply dwarf everything else. So spending a little more or less on personnel is really not a large cost driver. That means oil companies tend to be willing to pay more for talent, and tend not to turn straight to layoffs when the market gets tough. There are a lot of "lifers" with 20-30 years of experience who are paid accordingly. That all adds up to higher than average pay.