>>33340907 (OP)>>study an "in demand" and "futureproof" degree (engineering)Where do you even get that idea?
Even in the "boom times" only about one third of EEs ever got EE jobs. I certainly never did. The other 2/3 of EE grads went into other jobs, like programming (that door is now closed although it worked for me and I would have been 10x better off getting a BSCS than a BSEE). As an EE you can be a good bench tech although you have to doctor your resume.
Its kind of like how my state used to graduate about 2x as many education majors as there were open jobs for noob ed majors, so half the chicks with Ed majors never worked as a teacher and went into barista/waitressing probably OF, daycare, lunch lady work, etc.
Find another path if you're never going to be an engineer because there's not enough jobs for the huge number of grads. The good news is if you survived an engineering degree you can survive any other major (except maybe physics, but there's absolutely no jobs for physics anyway LOL). Go get a degree in a field where most of the grads get jobs, at least better odds than engineers get. A second bachelors / double major / or maybe go for a masters.
There are some fields in demand where essentially everyone with a degree gets a job. Some medical, you might make a good doctor or radiologist tech or something like that.
Even if, by some miracle, there were a job field that employed 99% after graduation, thats not satisfying for the 1 in 100 who will never get a job, which might be you.
You have to look out for scams, "special ed" teachers make an insane amount of money and the unemployment rate for ed degrees is really low, but thats only because 99% of the jobs are "teachers aides" paying $12/hr or working at a day care changing diapers for $11/hr. You can get $25/hr at Panda Express doing fast food no degree required.
The economy is too small, and rapidly shrinking, for the graduation rates we currently have.
