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Yup, it really is a matter of preference, and we should all respect that if someone has a greater opportunity with his time elsewhere, and feels its a larger priority, by all means go for it.
My vehicle stability professor said to us once,
"I may have friends who know how to wrench better than me, who can weld better than me, and who can cut metal and build great race cars better than me, but in the end, all of it is based around the the typical fundamental designs of today. Once technology improves, those people will fall behind and have to re-learn a whole new way of working with cars, go to another technical college to learn the current technology, while we [engineers] are always looking forward to improve and innovate."
What he said (not in exact quotes) struck me pretty hard with the reasoning behind wanting to becoming a mechanical engineer since I was losing some motivation. And it's a prime example of what people may want to do besides wrenching/fixing cars but still stay 100% within the automotive field. His words mean a lot because he's a really intelligent professor who is very qualified in his field.
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