r/ChemicalEngineering • u/MistakeSea6886 • Sep 21 '23

Salary What’s the most profitable career path?

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?

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u/lafigueroar Sep 22 '23

retired chem here, if it is money you want comp science. my kids went that path and are making a lot of money, much more than i ever did. also, they have an incredible flexibility when it comes to switching jobs and working from home, etc.

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u/NoSurvey1652 May 27 '25

What Industry did you work in Sir/Ma'am? I'm too a ChemE thought the O&G wouldn't hire me cause of my poor academics so got into the wastewater Industry its been 1.8 yrs now after being at this job(Process & Proposal Engineer) i think maybe i should've gone into Oil & Gas or transition to the IT sector learn sone coding etc. What would you have done in my place ? Note In India no one really cares about wastewater treatment etc etc they'll only install an ETP if the Govt comes knocking on their doorstep.