Is engineering screwed over these days?

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By screwed over, I mean with layoffs and oversaturation. I saw a comment on Reddit warning a mother to not let her son to pursue mechanical engineering due to layoffs. Although they mentioned civil should be safe.

I am thinking of getting a ME degree and maybe go to a maritime community college for credits since I am interested in Ocean engineering. But now I am uncertain with all the negativity on Reddit.

Honestly, I don't have much career choices left except for animation and CS but sadly AI is going to destroy those industries soon. Before anyone says this, no, I am not interested in becoming a nurse.

The thing about engineering is that only a small fraction of those who get engineering degrees are good at it.
By good at it I mean the ability to build or confidently sign off on engineering designs knowing it will work.
A bigger fraction can do the analysis, but don't really know if that is the right approach or even if those numbers make sense with existing technology. It is likely that those with the innate skills to be good engineers already know they have the talent years before they go to college.

On the other hand, if you have an engineering degree, it is better than most liberal arts degree for finding another high paying job. Might be your ticket to getting a high paying Wall Street job.

There are also lots of defense jobs. And likely to be more with an extra 1 trillion dollars in the budget!
Electric Boat in Groton CT needs all sorts of people to build submarines.
I doubt they care about autism if you have superb welding skills and can do the exact same weld day after day for ten years. They need people like that.

I know a civil engineer who went into landscaping. All clients ever wanted was to find a cheaper way implementing someone else's vision. She wanted something that would better utilize her creative skills in ways everyone could see.

During the pursuit of a degree, the Technical Education Program reimburses a percentage of tuition costs based on course grades. Once a degree is completed, active employees continue to receive reimbursement payments over an additional three years to ultimately provide 100% reimbursement of eligible tuition costs.
technical education program overview - Electric Boat

General Dynamics Electric Boat
https://www.gdeb.com › training › tep

Some employers will pay for your tuition.

https://boeingbenefits.com/candidate/ca ... efits.html
Boeing has similar benefits.
There are other aerospace companies on the West Coast.
I had an uncle that was a military aircraft mechanic for many years before retiring in Hawaii.

When I went to school it was harder for military defense contractors to hire new graduates so they had to offer more money and benefits. My guess is that this is still true today.