A person would be wise to look into investing in automation/robotics. It is the wave of the future.
At any rate, if I was a young man entering college this year, I would definitely choose engineering/robotics as my field of study. Within the next 10-15 years, I expect that robots will perform most of the manufacturing. That's why I'm not as concerned about others about manufacturing jobs going overseas. It's only a matter of time before those overseas people lose their jobs as well.
Robots will work for free 24/7. No human can possibly compete with that.