Can Computer engineering major get the same job as electrical engineering?

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<p>Im confused about my future. Just said I enjoy to do Computer engineering because I like to design small electronics, digital system, smart deivce bla bla bla but I also want to get job in Communication & Signal Process. My school doesn't allow to do double major in engineering
Right now I have two choices:
+ Stick with Computer engineering + finish the minimum requirement to get an another emphasis on my degree ( that way I will graduate on time).
+ Change my major to EE + take the same courses in Computer engineering + Communication ( I will not graduate on time because I have to 3 or 4 courses such as Power engineering, Material Science,etc that only require for EE major)</p>

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<p>i think the 2nd option is ideal. it doesn’t matter if it takes more than 4 years, lots of college students take 5, maybe even 6 years to graduate</p>

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<p>Electrical engineering probably focuses a lot on power systems and analog electronics as well as other topics while computer engineering focuses on computer circuits, computer architecture, and transistor design, etc. They probably have a lot of common courses in physics, calculus, differential equations, intro electromagnetic fields theory, etc.</p>

<p>If you want to design power systems, I don’t know why you would study computer engineering. Similarly, if you want to work in Intel or NVidia, I would guess that you would want to do CE. EE and CE are similar but they naturally lend themselves to different jobs.</p>

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<p>yes. In fact at Georgia Tech, with the ECE electives, you can almost make your Cmpe degree match the EE curriculum. I think they only differ by 4 classes as it is though…</p>

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<p>But here’s the thing…even if as a comp. e and an ee you learn very similar things, there’s a lot in a name, right?</p>

<p>Most comp. E’s end up working in software actually. ever wondered why?
I’m not sure but I think it closes some doors in the hardware side?</p>

<p>Don’t you guys think EE has more “prestige” than CE? Is that important or totally irrelevant? Genuine question.</p>

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<p>EE’s can be CompE’s but CompE’s can’t be EE’s at least on paper for job searches…</p>

<p>With that said, being a EE with a focus in computer courses is the way to go hands down. Most recruiters will tell you that (mine did).</p>

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<p>Well. First of all, I don’t like Power System, Illumination or stuff like at all. I feel like if I go for EE, I will learn more things but I will never use it and end up that I will only know a little bit about what I want to do. Just said I want to work on designing small electronics such as cellphone, PDA, laptop, Mp3, bla bla bla
I am not good in programming but I feel OK to get a job in software engineering if they pay me well.
What major do you think It better to get if I want to work at a company such as
Sony, Apple, Intel, Cisco, Quantumn, Dell, HP, Boing, Toshiba, Mircosoft, IBM,Kingston bla bla bla ( well similar firms because I don’t think I will get in to any of them )</p>

<p>I am an international student. I don’t have much time like you guys.</p>

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<p>uhh no…if anything it’s opposite because EEs don’t want to take the extra programming classes.</p>

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<p>i dunno vblick, i disagree.
comp e’s might study some hardware topics but most of them just become computer programmers with some more hardware background. my impression is most hardware type jobs are taken by EE’s but some EE’s also work in software although maybe they have might have more of a learning curve than CE’s.</p>

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<p>I don’t agree comp e’s might study some hardware topics but most of them just become computer programmers with some more hardware background.As I look at on my curriculum. There are only 4 classes which give me knowledges to study programing but the thing is that all of them are taught in the aspect of implementing in to hardware.

  1. Discrete Structure for Engineer - EE takes Materials Science
  2. Data Structure for Engineer -EE takes Intro to Power engineering
  3. Application Development using Java -EE takes Advanced Network Analysis
  4. Software engineering - EE takes electives
    The rest of curriculum are the same as EE</p>
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<p>I think they are almost identical with Cmpe being slightly more difficult.</p>

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<p>The question at hand is CAN a cmpe get a EE job? The answer is yes. I know several cmpes doing EE work and several doing more hardware. I believe that most cmpes don’t wanted to be limited to just EE work and therefore don’t choose that path. I’m not sure how many EEs can get Cmpe jobs.</p>