<p>I am looking for majors involving engineering
I also want to be able to make sh**loads of money from the major. </p>
<p>I know computer science is one. Anyone know anymore?</p>
<p>College is for education, not career placement. Think about what you are passionate about. If there is a major that closely matches that, then go for it. You are far more likely to make more money doing something you love rather than doing something for the sake of padding your bank account each month.</p>
<p>I don't think he means that Jeef690. Maybe the OP's goal is to not actually do stuff that will yeild money. I might be only asking for curiosity's sake.</p>
<p>As for majors . . . I am not sure. I think Bio-medical engineering is a worthwhile MINOR. Not major.</p>
<p>Who knows what you are passionate about? That's part of what the freshman year at MIT is about, to explore, take 6 credit seminars in fields that you know not a lot about. Face it, nobody decided to major in Nuclear Engineering based on a wonderful experience they had with their high school reactor. Look around, experiment. Decide if you would rather major in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering, which is quite different, but those differences are abstracted away in the average secondary school curriculum. Find out for yourself. That part is fun.</p>
<p>um... management engineering?</p>
<p>does that exist?</p>
<p>At Columbia they have "Financial Engineering", which cracks me up. Also, back to the OP, doesn't CS not even really earn all that much anymore, because of all the outsourcing?</p>
<p><em>I also want to be able to make sh</em>*loads of money from the major. *</p>
<p>that depends --- do you want to make money doing work related to your major? A physics major who goes on to work on wall street will make a lot more money than one who goes on to become a professor.</p>
<p>as for computer science --- being a talented programmer at Morgan Stanley or Goldman Sachs IT dept will get you some pretty good money. Same goes for Google, Microsoft, Amazon, etc.</p>
<p>anyway, like others said, you should think about what interests you, while keeping money as a consideration (one that is certainly valid).</p>
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Also, back to the OP, doesn't CS not even really earn all that much anymore, because of all the outsourcing?
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<p>I make good money and great benefits and don't fear outsourcing - working for a defense contractor means that they want people who can get a US security clearance. I highly recommend it. ;)</p>
<p>Back to the OP...since you want an engineering major, any of the engineering majors can get well-paying jobs. But if you're going to get your engineering degree at MIT, you'd better REALLY LIKE what you're doing and not ONLY be in it for the money, otherwise what's required of you will make you miserable.</p>
<p>If you're not actually restricting yourself to engineering, and only thought of that because of the money...pretty much any MIT graduate seems to be able to land a finance job if they want one, based on how aggressively the finance/investment banking industry recruits there. If you go to the Career Fair, those people are all over the place. They'll try to snag you as you walk by.</p>
<p>Do what you love, and the rest will come later in life.</p>
<p>What the heck is Financial Engineering?</p>
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<p><grin> Engineering... cept with profits rather than composites or organic molecules.</grin></p>
<p>^ and engineering esoteric investment products like collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and off-book special investment vehicles (SIVs)...;)</p>
<p>an interesting article about quants, or "financial engineers"</p>