I am an electronic engineer. Most of my colleagues encourage their kids to pursue in engineering field instead of medicine indeed. My current plan is to encourage my kids to pursue engineering too. I work in MNC, and don't think the sites in other countries do more RND compare to our site here. Depending on which field the engineering is, the situation is very different.
hello. engineering is a very practical job. The main job of course will be to apply our expertise to solve practical problems. I never expect engineering career to be research intensive, unless you work in the uni as researcher.