Electrical engineering is the path I took 45+ years ago when I was faced with a choice on the crossroad - Physics or Engineering path?.. and I choose Engineering (radio-communications) because my conclusion was at that time that I will be very poor physicist or astronomer (Astronomy was studied as part of physics course on uni in my town. And I had radio-astronomy in my mind..
Today I can't say I am a rich engineer though.. and I am not radio-astronomer either.
However, it was quite rewarding career, but you have to be aware that philosophy behind engineering is TOTALLY different from the one that drives science... (except if you happen to work in the field of fundamental research - new technologies, new materials and so on)
As an engineer, you will be pressurised to put things on market - quickly, and cost effective. It was like that 40 years ago and it is much more important today.. and it will get even "worse" in the future.
The moment your gadget works well enough to satisfy the market demand, the management will decide "That's it, enough of development! Next project!" and as time goes by, you will start to live with this, sometimes frustrating concept.. starting to behave accordingly and.. you will become the lost case for science (well, I am that case, this is not the inevitable outcome for everyone of course.. These days (with one of my legs in retirement) I am trying to pick up where I stopped then, but I feel the lack the fundamentals.. and my now adopted engineering philosophy (just produce quick and good-enough outcome) is in clear conflict with the necessity of slow and detailed approach to problems that science demands..
So, be careful... and please consider
