<p>^ Sure, but the original question was “are ALL engineering majors in it for the money?” Anyways, do you think the situation is very different in any field that offers good pay and steady employment? And, of course, that good pay and steady employment that engineering, and many other fields, offer will skew the number of people that do the work for the money. Sure, a lot of engineers do it for the money. Conversely, very few painters or writers do it for the money. One may be inclined to conclude that painting/writing is a field that inspires passion and that people genuinely enjoy (at least more so than engineering). However, if suddenly painters/writers/whatever suddenly starting making engineering money and engineers starting living out of shacks trying to peddle their work at local fairs, the situation would flip. Virtually all engineers would do it because they love it, whereas many painters/writers, attracted by the money and not the work, would not love what they do and continue only for the paycheck. Therefore, the proportion of people doing a job only for the money has at least as much to do with the money as it does the job. Of course many people that genuinely enjoy engineering would not do it if it payed McDonalds money. However, this doesn’t mean that they don’t really like it. This is like saying that someone’s favorite tv show is The Office. They tune in every week, tell all their friends the jokes, and own all the dvds. So, you go up to them and say, “You can keep watching The Office, but only if you cut off your own feet. So what if you have to be in a wheelchair the rest of your life? If you really loved that show, it wouldn’t mater.” I’m not saying that the majority of people in these jobs aren’t in it for the money - most probably are. I’m not saying that it isn’t a job. What I am saying is that this is not unique or inherent to engineering - it’s true of most jobs that are realistically obtainable and pay well. And even though this is the case, there are plenty of people that do enjoy what they do, even if it isn’t necessarily their favorite thing on the planet or how they spend their Friday nights.</p>