<p>Should one pursue a career in electrical engineering if they're not fascinated by microchips like the rest of the class?</p>
<p>The reason EE appealed so much was because the concept of electricity is interesting and a good way to get into the energy field.</p>
<p>Looking at the rest of the class, how they get erections every time we have a project on suck subjects, is making me think.
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<p>EE is much more than microchips. Power distribution, networks, communications and signals, antenna design. Anything that gets electricity applied to it. </p>
<p>Ask yourself, what are you interested in?</p>
<p>I’m really interested in energy! Renewable, alternative you name it.</p>
<p>I’m taking intro thermo. and fluid mech. courses this semester that i find boring for the moment. So that’s how ME was out of the question. So I guess in what you listed, I should look into power distribution? (my university offers an energy concentration senior year but I don’t know what to expect come job hunting season.
thx Lookin4ward.</p>
<p>You are welcome. Yes if that’s what you are interested in by all means. Not a lot of students these days are pursuing it. A lot in the field is supposed to be retiring soon and you will have no problem finding a job with utility companies…if you are an EE major.
You can always take electives to tailor the degree for what you want out of it. </p>
<p>Remember energy is a broad term. Environmental and Chemical engineers work in that regard too. As an EE, you could be working on hybrid cars, the power grid, or doing research on a Smart grid. Sounds like a minor would treat you well also. As components get smaller, they will use less energy, but have more physical constraints to them. See what your school offers. </p>
<p>ChemE’s do work with biofuels and such but an EE degree is more versatile and better job prospects.</p>
<p>EE is a broad field. I could probably figure my way around a microchip, with a map and a lot of time. I specialized in antennas at first, and then optics - I took maybe one course related to chip design in my entire rather lengthy academic career. If you want to study power generation, storage, and/or transmission then EE is a fine field, although you can also get in to that area with ME, NucE, or ChemE depending on exactly which bit interests you most.</p>
<p>If you like alternative engineering, consider nuclear engineering.</p>
<p>Any advanced alternative energy source will come from physics/chemistry/grad-level EE.</p>
<p>Thanks for your replies guys.</p>
<p>I’m also thinking about architecture. It’s been my dream since i was 10 to be an architect but as I have gotten older one of the things I look into a career is financial stability.</p>
<p>Yet I still feel like my heart belongs to architecture… What do you guys think?
thanks.</p>
<p>I think you should learn more about architecture as a career to decide if it is for you. It’s one thing to want to design buildings and houses, but I understand most architect degree holders don’t do that.</p>
<p>Maybe this is what you are looking for? Architectural engineering…</p>
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<p>Ask yourself if you want to have a job after you graduate</p>
<p>Do you actually like EE, or are you going there because you think there are better job prospects?
Jobs aren’t especially hot for EE either.</p>
<p>No field is really on fire right now, we are lurching toward a double-dip recession.</p>
<p>Indeed - so why go for a field that is quite repulsive to you personally if you’re doing it out of primarily financial concerns?
Sorry, but engineering isn’t as financially stable a career choice as it’s hyped up to be. Actually, it might be BECAUSE it’s hyped up so much that it’s not.</p>
<p>Thank for all the replies.</p>
<p>I have a family friend that brags about her son is an EE. Apparently he gets to travels the world with work and has a lot of room to improve. Less then a decade out of university and he’s making a four digit salary. I guess I’m in love with his job. 
Yes I do enjoy EE only not as much as my Universe of Art class.</p>
<p>Surely I would enjoy every second learning about architecture, if I transfer, but in the end I’m also attracted to the engineering side of it. Maybe a little more if it makes sense??</p>
<p>@BeenTownGirl I was actually in building systems before transferring, at the end of the semester I wanted to kill anyone who said plumbing, ventilation or refrigeration system one more time. (I also learned, on my trip at the arch. dep. that they deal with those too…)
Maybe structural engineering fits me well. DAMN WAS IT THIS HARD TO FIGURE YOURSELVES OUT FOR YOU TOO??lol</p>
<p>Anyway I have an appointment with my AA tomorrow morning I hope to make a decision after then, for the deadline to transfer is by the end of this month. I’ll let you guys and gals know. thanksss</p>
<p>It is super hard to figure out what you want. I switch from cs to ce to me and back about 3 times a day. I think I have settled in with CE… I think</p>
<p>You should take Physics 2: Electricity & Magnetism. This will help you decide if you are really interested in Electrical Engineering. Again, this is the hardest engineering major out there so be careful in your decision.</p>
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I think it will give you a decent idea of your survival prospects, but I was bored in the physics classes and loved engineering.</p>
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Says who?</p>