I had 3 roommates my senior year of college, a civil, a chemical and a mechanical engineering major. We graduated during the 1982 recession so the accounting major got the only job offer in his field. The CE wanted to work for one of the big construction contractors…Turner, Fluor, etc. No one was building big projects so no one was hiring. He went to law school to delay repaying his student loans. He’s a partner in a law firm now, most of his clients are municipal government utility commissions.
The chemical engineer has had mostly mechanical jobs. The mechanical engineer eventually ended up in his field. He was involved in the New Horizons Pluto flyby and his team was visited by Brian May, who collaborated on the project. So he became the 2nd of our group to meet a rock star.
