<p>Define "like what they are involved in"</p>
<p>I think I can probably like any field as long as it pays pretty well. I mean theres life outside of your job. Besides it makes sense to choose a lucrative major since college is an investment.</p>
<p>Have you done any research (a common thing to do for an engineer) on what an engineer does? Do you have any idea what area you might like? I know these questions are often left with a sort of Oh-you-can-decide-that-later feeling but with engineering deciding earlier on what you want to do is better b/c of the massive amounts of coursework and classes involved.</p>
<p>It seems to me that, Zerox, you have just heard your friends talking and decided what you want to do based off of nothing but salaries and hearsay. Yeah there are other things outside your job but I know how a mispicked career can leave one feeling trapped and unhappy. I chose engineering because I was decent in math and science and am very analytical and like solving problems.</p>
<p>Zerox, you have popped up all over spouting nothing but things your friends say and not really listening to anyone's advice. You are supposedly interesting in a business/engineering/law degree from what you have stated. You stated you have no interests. Impossible. Even if you can find anything, you must have some dislikes. Look at those and try to see what is polar opposite of those things you would dislike.</p>
<p>I'm not telling you what to do but you seem like you don't even care and college is something that is done just to get a life. Unfortunately that disinterest will only transfer itself to other things and you will find yourself in a deep rut.</p>
<p>I understand that you want a well-paying job but if you are unhappy being a patent engineer well too bad because although they have a great salary they work an insane amount of hours per week. You're job will become somewhat of an attachment, a way to make friends, seek other opportunities and if you are unhappy with your job what are your chances of succeeding.</p>
<p>So try to do a little research rather than asking random people on a forum and not doing any sort of research yourself. Start with princetonreview.com and take it from there. I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do and have narrowed it down to a patent lawyer (right now a very high choice), grad school, or being a professor. I'm doing all I can to try and figure out things. I try to help people not just throw out useless facts I heard from a friend. When I give advice I back it up with facts and figures from a good source (like an expert or counselor or official site) or personal experience.</p>
<p>if your sole goal is money, then do something other than engineering</p>
<p>I agree, if you want money, go to med or law school.</p>
<p>if you want money work with money.</p>
<p>wallstreet or something perhaps.</p>
<p>this was advice in one of the i-banking threads and it seemed to make sense</p>
<p>Everybody always say i-banking. But there is no degree labeled "i-banking" in college. </p>
<p>Then I heard some people say you can get into i-banking with engineering degree. So I figured if i-banking doesn't work out, then engineering is my backup.</p>
<p>And I have interest rather than disinterest in most fields as long as they but nothing in particular. My primary goal is money though. </p>
<p>Also I probably won't mind working insane hours as long as the income is good. My target is $1000000 some point down the road. Maybe not today, but eventually. </p>
<p>So rather than to search for a specific interest, I've decided that any field can be interesting as long as the income meets the target. I consider myself somewhat decent in math and science so it wouldn't be too disinteresting.</p>
<p>And another reason I picked engineering is because everybody always said its the hardest one. So I want the prestige. </p>
<p>My goal is i-banker or patent lawyer or CEO as long as it is high-paying and respectable. </p>
<p>A business major might sound better in theory but my cousin told me that alot of people is majoring in business because its easy and you're gonna end up as assistant manager at burger kings or worse, homeless lol. So I steered cleared of undergrad business and decided to do engineering + MBA = $1000000 (hopefully).</p>
<p>Yes, imagine a Wharton grad serving up fries. Fool...</p>
<p>Excluding business grads from top schools. Take an average business grad from a state school. 60% of people major in it because its easy. </p>
<p>Most will probably end up serving fries or even worse, jobless and homeless.</p>