Aspiring to become a successful tech business CEO, she is switching from chemical and mechanical engineering to computer science.

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Many of the highest paying jobs in society involve engineering, chemical and biological science, and some sort of mortal danger.

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To make the machine commercial strength and add depth to his materials science knowledge, he brought in Weinberg, his onetime chemical engineering professor at the California Institute of Technology.

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Computer science is the third highest-paying bachelor degree, right behind computer engineering and chemical engineering.

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