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<p>And where are they finding these 18 year old engineers “all the time”? There are very few since they would have had to start engineering school when they were ~14.</p>
<p>Honestly having a degree saying you are an engineer ought to signal to most companies that you are competent enough to be hired. I don’t know if any would discriminate, but if they did it would likely be due to purely age/maturity rather than ability. In that regard, you will run into problems no matter what your major is in all likelihood.</p>