Comments on: Top Paying College Degrees http://20smoney.com/2010/07/29/top-paying-college-degrees/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-paying-college-degrees Aggressive Yet Responsible Wealth Building For 20-Somethings Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:09:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Nomad http://20smoney.com/2010/07/29/top-paying-college-degrees/comment-page-1/#comment-8406 The Nomad Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:23:20 +0000 http://20smoney.com/?p=2872#comment-8406 So true. Also, there is a definite salary cap on those jobs, in the $1XX,XXX range. Not that having a 6-figure salary is bad at all, but if you ever wanted to make more than that, you are pretty much S-O-L. I have a mechanical engineering degree from a good school, but unfortunately I realized too late into college that I didnt really want to do engineering. Oops. Another realization I came to is that engineering is becoming more and more computer-based, in terms of using computer programs to determine the best course of action for a project. With the exponential growth-rate of capabilities for desktops, I think eventually engineering - at least, what we currently consider "engineering" - will do the way of the dodo as well. Bottom Line: Do what you love, and you will be successful. Part of that is realizing what success means to you. So true. Also, there is a definite salary cap on those jobs, in the $1XX,XXX range. Not that having a 6-figure salary is bad at all, but if you ever wanted to make more than that, you are pretty much S-O-L. I have a mechanical engineering degree from a good school, but unfortunately I realized too late into college that I didnt really want to do engineering. Oops. Another realization I came to is that engineering is becoming more and more computer-based, in terms of using computer programs to determine the best course of action for a project. With the exponential growth-rate of capabilities for desktops, I think eventually engineering – at least, what we currently consider "engineering" – will do the way of the dodo as well.

Bottom Line: Do what you love, and you will be successful. Part of that is realizing what success means to you.

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