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On a side note, people can make a lot of money with liberal arts type degrees. When you have a safe degree like some sort of engineering, you're less likely to leave your comfort zone and try for something different. So while I have plenty of friend's parents making good money (200k or so), for them, that is about the ceiling. That is something I prefer about the legal/business/writing worlds, is that if you're good at what you do, there is no ceiling on what you can accomplish. A lot of my engineering friends are now looking into business or law school, as they anticipate hitting a wall at some point. Of course, I think this is where networking and social abilities come into play. In my experience, it isn't the top one or two in the class that have the greatest success, but somewhere closer to the balance of the middle. I know this has gotten off subject some, but the fields I mentioned provide a little more freelance ability, and therefore more opportunity to display your other abilities (social, leadership).
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