To tinker or not to tinker, that is the question

I selected Engineering a few months ago for one simple reason: to get the two stam trinkets to boost my health. My early tanking days consisted of wipes in VH as the poor state of my gear was hammered rather brutally into my skull. I saw the two trinkets as a way to boost on a rather low health pool (24k on that day) and so I levelled engineering with the use of my mining skill.

One of my trinkets still remains as part of my stamina set, the other now vendored after a fortunate gain of Essence of Gossamer. The question of dropping engineering had not been considered by me until a few weeks ago.

If you dared to step onto the profession forums a week ago, you would see many engineers up in arms about the poor state of their profession at end game. The patch 3.2 early notes seemed to be another insult: epic recipes were rewarded to blacksmithing, leatherworking, tailoring, jewelcrafting and engineering was awarded a device that seemed to heal a mechanical object a measly 7k. Cue the grabbing of wrenches and the angry jingle of cobalt bolts. It seemed that Blizzard had missed out Engineering, further cementing jewelcrafting as one of the strongest end game professions for raiders and pvpers alike.

The latest patch notes attempt some reconciliation with several new recipes revealed that seem to capture that fun and mischevious edge engineering had. But I am now stuck at a choice: stay with engineering or pursue another profession? Jewelcrafting has its huge benefits and I feel that with the release of 3.2 I will need all I can get to remain competitive in a tanking role. Fun though the scrapbots may be, are they enough? I'm still not convinced by these changes and I remain mutinous towards the engineering profession. Anyone got any ideas?