The future of chemical engineering

As I compare my B.Eng chemical engineering discipline with other disciplines, I fear that I may have chosen a doomed degree with no future. Am I right to think that I’ve made a real huge mistake?

As long as humanity needs to produce chemicals in bulk then I don’t know why it could be considered a doomed degree.

Compare what? I don’t think that you are right.

I’ve heard the expression "Nobody has yet discovered anything that chemical engineers can’t do’.

My neighbor two doors down has a son who has a PhD in chemical engineering. He is doing extremely well.

People in petroleum engineering on the other hand …