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This is sorta unrelated, but related to engineering.

On my first day in college, the Dean of my Aerospace Engineering program and two other people came into my first huge classroom and said, "there are too many people in this program. Aerospace companies will not hire you. They will hire Electrical Engineers and Mechanical Engineers before they will hire you. If you have a chance, transfer to another program."

They were probably right. I transferred after a semester. Most of the people I know who graduated in Aerospace Engineering ended up writing software (without much training.)

I know people (very closely) who still have crushing debt from art school. And engineering school who can't pass the Professional Engineer test. And law school who can't pass the bar after multiple tries. I studied Electrical Engineering but now I just write software, which was probably my first love.

I can't recommend anything to you, but this article resonated with my experience. If you're really good, go for that thing. Don't pay someone a lot to tell you what you're already good at.




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