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<p>To be fair, I would say that engineering, for all its problems, is still probably the best overall bachelor’s degree one could obtain. This is especially true if, frankly, you’re not highly talented. Let’s face it - if you were a mediocre high school student who can only get into a low-tier college, then completing an engineering degree to obtain that $50-60k starting salary is a supersweet deal. Honestly, what else were you going to do? Be a liberal arts major and end up with just $35k? It is also for this reason that I think that many liberal arts majors would have been better off majoring in engineering. </p>
<p>The problem, as I said, is that your career is not highly controllable. You are stuck with whatever opportunities your employers provide you. Now, granted, if you don’t care about controlling your career, perhaps because you lack personal initiative, then this is not a drawback. {And there are admittedly plenty of people who lack personal initiative, and I’m not judging them.} But if you actually care, then you may want something that allows you greater control.</p>