My EE son (out of school 3 years) expects to have to leave the field at some point..He had started his grad degre in engineering (completed one year) . He has now decided to possibly do a combination MBA and Law degree..
It is sad as he loves what he does
When the US no longer has engineers ..kiss what is left of our competitive edge goodby
If he goes for the law degree he has a good career ahead. A very good friend of mine was EE/Physics undergrad and has a law degree from a school in New Hampshire. It doesn't have any courtroom drama but it's good work.
Perhaps I should add he's a Patent attorney.