Howie66 did clarify his comments to me, and I think he was speaking in a general sense. I simply don't understand math enough to be an engineer. It never interested me, probably because I didn't immediately understand it. However, I've always been able to analyze multiple variables in terms of business, and make sense of them immediately. This is why I now own my own consulting business, and am making a name for myself in the NW energy circles as someone who can piece together complex scenarios and find a relatively simple solution to them.
I think Howie66 would agree with me on this: a smart, hard worker will always be successful in the USA, no matter their degree (or lack of degree,even).