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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most "professional"  engineers i know are doing very well across the job market.  Some are running Fortune 500 companies...some like Rex Tillerson (civil engineer) have done well in business and now entering politics.  I think most do well because they are "trained" to assess and solve problems.  The skill serves them well in life.  It is an excellent ndergraduate degree to earn, even if you elect not to stay in the field.  [/quote]

Actually, very few engineers run the companies.  Most are doing well, but not CEO well. A typical engineer will start out at about 65K with a BS or 80K+ with an MS.  Same for some sciences.  My experience is the good performers will see salary increase by 50% adjusted for inflation every 10 years, assuming the. intellectual growth continues.   So, 65K at 23 would be 97.5 at 33,  and 146 at 43 and 220 at 53....

In my case, I started with a PhD in physics at 31 earning 50K, with is 80K in 2017 dollars.  Now, 20 years later, I earn 180K.[/quote]

Wow.  With a PhD in Physics, you must be incredibly smart and could have succeeded in any field.  (I genuinely found high-school-level Physics to be nearly impossible.)  Do you ever just wish you'd become a surgeon to make the big bucks?  (I'm definitely not smart enough to have a PhD in Physics, but am a lawyer, and like you, I also make $180,000, or closer to $225,000 with profit-sharing and bonus.)  Either way, I greatly respect anyone with a PhD in Physics.[/quote]

No desire to have been a Doctor.  I would have only done it for the money, which is the wrong reason.

I do not know where my ceiling on salary is.  I have no desire to go into management.  Instead, I am paid to do what I enjoy.  If/when I retire, I will probably continue to do the science, but not worry about what the customers want.

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