I think my son found his real niche in the business world. At 23 he runs two real estate corporations and has 5 top producing salesmen. He will probably break the $100K level this year or next. It took me almost 20 years to do that. I'm around $135k now. Going beyond that will require running my own business instead of being a senior employee.
You got me there ... running your own business is definitely the way to do it, if you have the knack.
I think it is completely approriate to debunk the lie that engineering and science is a bad career choice, when the future for that is brighter than ever, imho.
Everything but creative thinking can be automated.