Good” is something you as an individual decide. So I’ll try to describe who would and who wouldn’t find a career in computer engineering “good.”

People who find computer engineering worthwhile are people who:

• Understand core mathematics, through calculus, relatively easily.
• Understand core E&M physics, particularly circuits.
• Like working in a dynamic field that’s continuously changing. Nothing stays the same, and you like it that way.
• Like to explore how things work and how to make them do work: you dive in and generally don’t come up until you’ve figured it out. You don’t like to give up.

Note that I said nothing about money. Money comes if you’re good. If you’re not good, money won’t come. People don’t get paid to have received degrees, they get paid to do work.

Don’t go into computer engineering if:

• You have a lot of trouble with math and physics, or don’t believe in the scientific process. We rely on these for basic tools. If you can’t swing a hammer, you probably can’t be a carpenter.
• You give up readily or are lazy in general. Sadly, this disqualifies most humans. Some single problems will take weeks, maybe longer, just to understand, let alone fix.
• You don’t want to work, or can’t work, in a constantly changing field. You’ll need to keep pushing your skill set, your knowledge, your ability to handle ever larger problems and bigger designs. You will need to pursue constant learning and growth, or you’ll get kicked out in favor of a 22-year-old who can do better than you and gets paid less to boot.
• You rely on Google constantly, rather than internalize concepts. Once in a while, I do a phone interview with someone who spends most of the time typing madly away on his keyboard, saying “please wait a second…” If you can’t rattle off phone interview answers off the top of your head, you’re not ready to compete in the field.
• You’re doing it primarily for money. If that’s your only motivation and you don’t have the talent and interest to back it, you will probably drop out long before you make any money.
• You will never be comfortable working with people of different ethnicities or religions. People of all types work in this field, because the competition and market is worldwide. While some, perhaps most, people are surprised how little the differences matter once they’re exposed, some people can’t adjust.

A lot of people try to do computer engineering, or computer science. Many fail. They obviously didn’t find the effort “worth it” compared to those that made a career out of it. If you’re a good fit for the path, you’ll probably find computer engineering well worth it.