<p>If you want a better salary, do finance. If you want better job security, do finance. </p>
<p>You say you’re interested in both; being in engineering, and managing money. I would still recommend doing finance! You will have an extremely high paying job, and you could still do engineering as a hobby; just look at how many rocketry groups are out there.</p>
<p>Doing engineering as a full-time career, however, is probably the most unstable career you could ever have. Unless you live in India or China X)</p>