<p>Hi everyone! I'm a HS junior right now, and I and my father had a little chat about my future career.</p>
<p>I'm planning to do engineering in college because I like math and physics (I'm also good at it), and because I believe an engineering degree at a decent school will almost guarantee you financial and job security.</p>
<p>However, my father tells me that i'm wrong. He asserts that engineering is a good degree, but among the careers I can have with my potential (he talked about med school, pharmacy, business, etc...) engineering will be by far my worst option. He says that engineering will only promote you to a plateau, and you will stagnate the rest of your life. He also says that however smart you are, you will end up under the orders of a tyrannical boss who can fire you because of ridiculous whims.</p>
<p>Besides, he says that "financial and job security" no longer exists in engineering. As you get older, you will become less and less marketable because younger graduates will inevitably get more of the newer technical knowledge. Getting fired will inevitably end you in being miserable and jobless at the end of your career. He also says that working under the control of a boss is worst than anything else, regardless of your pay. He talked about how much competition you will have to get a job, and after, how long your hours will be to maintain your position. I think he bases his opinion on his previous career as a chief researcher under a computer firm. When he got fired, he never got another job again because he was so old at that time already.</p>
<p>Who is right? What is your opinion on this? </p>
<p>I would greatly appreciate your advice or help. Thanks for reading.</p>
<p>PS: I live in Texas, and I'm looking into ChemE because it looks pretty lucrative here :)</p>
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