An Engineering degree is the most expensive piece of paper I own. It it just that, a piece of paper, it's what you do with your career that validates it. I was stuck in the lazy mode too "ill just take a summer off, I've earned it" Ha what a joke I haven't earned shit until the day I retire then I can say that. I've been selling cars for 8 months now and finally got into my field working in prosthetics engineering, up until that point I still called myself and engineer even tho I was lying to myself. Now the real fun begins, those student loan payments finally make sense, and I feel like I'm actually being productive. To me the degree just showed that I had the ability to learn, if I can complete an engineering degree there isn't much out there I can't accomplish, it's all about the motivational force behind it in the end tho.
i know this is a little off topic now, but this thread is moving too fast for me these days