Engineering ?
You got to be kidding.
To be wealthy, you have to learn how to make money out of
money.
Being a engineer, you have to struggle with work, work and more
work.
Not forgetting you have to compete with more engineers that are
imported from other countries and drawing the salary lower.
Being a engineer will not make you wealthy.
I have not known and found any engineers that have become
wealthy through being a engineer.
Maybe I am not well-read.
Hope some one can prove me wrong.
various employers value the quantitative skills and problem
solving skills of engineers who may particularly do well in the
finance sector.
probably one reason you don't see any wealthy engineers in
singapore is because the market for engineers is over competitive
(with a small market demand for labour and large labour supply),
driving the wages down; it does not help when firms have the
opportunity to import foreign talents from india who can do the
same job while accepting lower pay as well.
if you turn your sights on other countries such as australia,
mining engineering graduates entering the market are looking at
median salary packages in the 90k region annually, due mainly to a
booming mining industry and the tons of natural resources waiting
to be dug up.
all in all, an engineering background is a robust foundation for
future career advances though you'd probably have to look elsewhere
other than the singapore job market to experience its full
potential.
have you considered studying economics instead?
