I guess the main reason I even consider EP is because I hear that most jobs ask for engineers. And the programming and product based skills that engineers learn aren’t taught to physics majors. I know somebody who just got their PhD in physics related stuff and his advice was to learn some engineering since it’s almost near impossible to find a job with just physics and no programming.
It’s also part of the reason I’m considering double majoring in Economics, because perhaps it will make me more competitive to the real world. I want to work in Silicon Valley or make a start up, so I want to have those basic business skills in check. Though most business majors focus on management, which isn’t what I’m interested. It’s the economic aspect which I find most important.
But then again, from other professionals, I’ve heard that SV companies usually flock to physics majors or other hard STEM majors because they understand that they have the analytical skills necessary to do the job, so perhaps getting a double major in Economics wouldn’t be so necessary after all.