Is Bentley Missing a Trick?

Although my Architectural training was Pre-CAD Days, by the time I went back to do a Masters in Computing and Design it was possible as a student to gain access to free Bentley Microstation Software at the university.  It was also possible to Purchase a student Licence at a knock down price which gave you full access to the software features. I guess the Bentley establishment trusted that you wouldn’t go on to start your own practice and continue using the software for commercial purposes.  By the time I moved to a Practice that used Bentley Microstation I was considered a Guru in the office, the Go to Person.

I find that these days however students are graduating from university fully trained up on Rhino and Grasshopper and have never even heard of Bentley / Microstation / AECOsim ????

In some cases where there are projects requiring the use of Bentley they must completely retrain to get up to speed.

It seems that Bentleys policy on catching the younger generation of professionals has slipped and (as is the case where I work) practices are gradually shifting onto various other bits of software by other vendors because they simply cannot meet the demand for fully trained staff to man the projects using Bentley products.