>>12185927Since you mentioned community college, I think it's safe to assume you're from the US. Note that what I'm saying does not apply anywhere else.
The first thing you must think about is getting into a good school. The best one you can, even if you can't get into something like Caltech. I'm not saying this because of prestige or signalling, but because of the opportunities you'll have in uni. Internships, undergraduate research, competitions and networking are directly related to the school you attend to, and these factors will be of great importance for you career. Undergraduate programmes in the US are piss easy, and you shouldn't worry about that; just keep your GPA high (no need to be obsessive about it, too) and you'll be fine. I also would recommend you to get a Master's degree, and this time the institution you attend to is more important than in undergraduate studies, since an MSc would allow you to work with the interesting parts of engineering. Specially in the US, engineers with nothing but a Bachelor's degree are typically no more than glorified office cucks.
For short, graduating as an engineer is not a difficult task. The next part would be finding a job. Unless you want to place yourself in a position of vulnerability, where you are hostage to economic cycles and where you are in no position to negotiate with your employer, you should seek to be distinctive in some way. This is the trickiest part of becoming an engineer, I think, and is where most engies get fucked. You don't have to be an award-winning genius (although that would help), but you should seek to have a few characteristics that set you apart from your average engineer (you could be very good with mathematical modelling, with communicating with retards from finance and management, have an outstanding work ethic, or whatever you feel like are your best traits) and a very strong connections. If you can get these right, being an engineer will be worth it.
