No doubt some parents will use this article as "ammo" when forcing their college-age kid to major in something "useful" rather than in something the kid is actu

No doubt some parents will use this article as "ammo" when forcing their college-age kid to major in something "useful" rather than in something the kid is actually interested in and passionate about. There may not be enough engineers at the moment and that inflates salaries. However, the way out of this is not to encourage folks to major in engineering "for the money." Much better to have a smaller number of engineers who are intrinsically motivated.