Any Engineers In The House?

[theoriginator]

I made up my mind that I'm going for an engineering degree. I'm almost 23 years old and I'm barley making $45,000 a year painting cars working like an animal. I can't believe I've spent 5 years of my life working in and around body shops, what a joke. "You can make $100,000 a year or better if you get the right helpler!" That's what they told me, conveniently not mentioning it's like trying to line up the planets, it might happen once every few decades. Paint fumes, sanding off your fingerprints, inconsistent work, thousands of $ in tools, managers that don't have a clue, body shops on every corner, what was I thinking? I just would like some advice and information on what's the best field on engineering, the ups and downs? I would like to design and invent things on my own as well, I looked at mechanical, chemical, and materials. Leaning towards mechanical, but materials and chemical looks like they're going to be big in the future. What do yall think?