<p>I like engineering and plan to major in electrical engineering or applied physics, but I've heard some horror stories of engineers getting laid off in their late 30s-40s after being fully extracted for a good 10-20 years. Actually I think a thread on cc is about this warning ppl against going into the engineering field. And I think according to the some of the repliers, going to business school getting an MBA after some years of working experience as an engineer is the best way to go. So I am just curious, is this a viable route?</p>
<p>yes plenty of people do this. many have their business pay for them to. there is plenty of other forums on this same topic. I also think that many of the forums here have become anti-engineering here.</p>
<p>Can you point me to any of the threads that discusses this? Thanks a lot</p>
<p>I would like to know this as well seeing as I will be an engineer</p>
<p>At Penn quite a few SEAS students get a dual degree in engineering from SEAS and economics from Wharton. The Jerome Fischer M&T program rivals Stanford and MIT for prestige, but it's just as difficult to get into, if not more. However, even the regular Penn student can do this- all they have to do is keep up their gpa. I'm thinking about doing this.</p>
<p>lehigh has a nice 5 year IBE degree - integrated business and engineering - great program</p>