<p>You asked a lot of very different questions.
Depends entirely on what field of engineering you’re talking about. Research director is a pretty big position to have, and again depending on field what companies are prestigious is going to change. For some engineers Lockheed Martin would be prestigious, for others a company like the aforementioned Blue Origin would be prestigious.</p>
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<p>That’s really impossible to say. Most parents hear “engineer” and are either going to be happy (the majority) or unhappy (the stupid minority.)</p>
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<p>Probably aerospace since they can say they are rocket scientists. It could probably be made into a good pickup line if any of those Aero guys could figure out how to talk to girls. :P</p>
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<p>Yet again, completely depends on the type of engineering and what the engineer wants to do with the degree. For some it’ll be Lockheed, for some it’ll be Google, for some it’ll be SDI. It just depends on too many things to give a general answer for.</p>