<p>All the business majors that always use the argument of the low engineering salary cap fail to realize that statistically, engineers out earn business majors throughout their careers. They pull the “well investment bankers make more than engineers.” I’ve seen this argument a thousand times by bitter and clueless people on here. Of course they always leave out the possibility of engineers advancing or starting a company and making very high salaries. Practically every job has a salary cap for the majority of positions. I think the most telling statistic is how many CEOs have engineering degrees. I guess they defied the “salary cap” that engineers supposedly have.</p>
<p>The fact of the matter is the entire premise of this thread is idiotic. People should do what they want to do first and foremost and not worry about doing just what is “easy”. With this attitude, it won’t matter what you do because chances are that you will not be successful. However, there is no disputing that in general, engineers do indeed out earn business majors.</p>