Who say Engineer must work as an Engineer?

I'm a Electronic & Electrical Engineering degree student. Almost all my friends around me in college are my course mate, future engineers. the hottest topic among us is about which company offer what jobs, which company would pay more, which company is the best. Everyone wish they will success, but not everyone know how to define "SUCCESS". what is success? how to success? Achieve what mean success? when you'll say you're succeed? Some of my friends always say: "wah, if one day become director then good la" or "I will try hard to be a CEO". Obviously, they said become director and CEO means success. if you're one of the person think like this, i would suggest you to find out what is director or CEO. I'm not saying that's impossible, just feel like it might helps engineers to achieve their "success".

In college, another things I hate is lectures keep saying that : "you all should learn RF, then you can work in Agilent or Motorola. salary very high, good benefit some more" or some lecturers like to say : "learn quartus II, you can work in altera, altera able to offer fresh graduate 2.7k". Sir, that's why you're here still a lecturer and no life. i respect them, of course, but the problem is some time they're not convincing enough, sometime i don't trust them.

Colleges just a place to buy knowledge, a certificate just a piece of paper to prove your achievement. how to use your knowledges of course it is depends on you, yourself. nobody say after graduate you must work in intel. Just some stupiaks like to say that work in such famous, huge company is the best. the way they defining success. Maybe yes, that is real success. try to think another 10 years later, if you still in the same company and same pose, your salary increased 50%, do you think your life better? i hate to think about this question, because i dun think that is a good future for me.

Do you know who is Rowan Atkinson? do you know Mr.Bean? He has been listed as 50 funniest actors in British comedy. Do you know that he finished his Electrical Engineering at Newcastle University?

Common sense, if somebody tell you that go straight to reach your destination, somebody would just go straight until the end of the road. but somebody would buy a map and find the short cut to reach the destination, of course some get lost.