/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>711852
While I would like to do those things, they also happen to be memes started by businesses to get cheap labor.

>>711855

Just because they're not driving lambos doesn't mean they don't at least reel in over 100k a year if in the right position.

>>711857

>>711863
Don't come back until you graduate high school please

>>711857
Good engineers and (less so) scientists on average make good money.
Exceptional / lucky engineers make great money.

Good business people make good money.
Exceptional / lucky business people make insane money.

At least here in the UK, engineers are not officer class.
That has a few effects including:
* Don't get board posts in large companies, the engineering director often comes from a people management background. There will be a parallel but lesser post for a chief technical person. i.e. you can't make board money as an engineer
* Once you reach a certain point as a lawyer, doctor, finance or business person, you stop being an employee and become a partner. It is expected that you have interests outside the business, and you get a certain flexibility in how you run your time. This does not happen for engineers. Bit better for scientists.
I could go on.
This isn't an engineer baw fest - if you want to make solid money and have a low risk tolerance it's a good option. If you want to bootstrap or freelance, it's a good option although then you are really trading on your business skills. Do it to live in a nice house with a decent car and support your wife and 2 kids. Broadly, unless you are very lucky, don't expect to be doing interesting work if you want to do the above.

>>711863
>this is what freshman actually believe
lel, my boss is constantly checking on my job satisfaction because i actually have talent. i get head hunting offers at least twice a month.

>>711872
an exceptional engineer will come up with a few patents and potentially cash out and retire early.

my uncle was a Chem E. he invented some nozzle for industrial torches. got a couple mil, and retired to the bahamas to drink himself to death with his mistress.

>>711872
A smart person can read up on business until they're efficient in starting some sort of business platform. Science and technology markets are constantly opening. You could certainly focus on a "problem" or a new way of doing things (which is the core of science) and monetize it by starting a business.

>Elon Musk, PhD in Physics -- 3 ground breaking companies

>>711883
Not saying you'll be the next Musk, but as an example his companies are doing something worthwhile instead of opening a finance empire that monopolizes oil like a fuck boiii

>>711883
He doesn't have a PhD in Physics. He does have a BSc in Physics and a BSc in Economics however.

>>711852
Science needs money, not manpower.