<p>"“The problem is that the intellectual stimulation in those jobs is approximately zero.”</p>
<p>Spoken like a true pseudo-intellectual snob. I can think of a number of responses, not the least of which is “Who would want to be a (fill in the blank). You never get the satisfaction of fixing something with your hands!”"</p>
<p>Please.</p>
<p>My undergrad degree is in chemical engineering. </p>
<p>At one point I considered going into civil engineering and toured waste water treatment plants, since a friend of our family had a civil engineering consulting business.</p>
<p>If I had found engineering to be the least bit interesting, I would have become a chemical or civil engineer.</p>