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Engineering is among a few careers where being in the middle might be more tolerable because the math either works or it doesn't, and the suits can't argue against the math; they just have to accept you've done it correctly.
It isn't clear to me that engineering is a better job than janitor, or Walmart employee. At the end of the day, you go home and work can't bother you. There's no taking out the office trash at home, there's no placing products on shelves at home... clock in, clock out.
Most people prefer to have jobs like this, where they have no responsibility for the success of the business, no work to perform at home, and no stress of managing a group of employees.
These jobs pay less because the barrier to entry is much lower, and most people prefer the lower stress.
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