A friend's daughter is asking for my advice to be an Electrical Engineer. My initial reaction is to say, "Get an EE education, but don't expect to be a successful EE in the US". In my opinion, a successful engineer should be involved in the manufacturing/production process, which is dying in the US.
But I am a very negative person, so I need my friends and colleagues here to balance it out. Please give me some positive ideas to encourage her. I am going to collect and summarize the expected flood of opinions here. Thanks.