What’s the most profitable career path?

[u/MistakeSea6886]

I’m a freshmen Engineering major that is taking gen Ed’s. I am thinking of switching to chemical engineering next year. I really like ChE but but want to pick a profitable career path, which is why I’m on the fence between it and Computer science. I did research and found that petroleum engineering is very profitable, and ChE can pick it pretty quickly. However with the way the world is going(more green energy), are renewable energy jobs such as nuclear power plants going to experience a boom in demand and become more profitable?

[u/Late_Description3001]

If you look at the top salary ceiling fields, chemical engineering is not there. It is however one of the highest paying majors you can study as a bachelors. Even higher than comp sci. Understand that to make a million a year as a computer scientist you must be top .1%.

Otherwise, big law, doctor, big tech, finance etc is the way to 300k+ per year. But you’ll burn out or get let go if you’re not the best of the best.