<p>I've always wanted to major in Computer Engineering, but the school I'm attending next year does not offer it as a major. I now have to choose between Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. I was wondering if any of you could give me a comparison between the two majors, including their relation to CE, employment opportunities after graduation, and average salaries.</p>
<p>anybody? (10 char)</p>
<p>uh, there is a thread exactly like this below this one...its titled
CE vs CS vs EE </p>
<p>pinku2002 has given an interesting answer...
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=360707%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=360707</a></p>
<p>I prefer EE
CS is developing so fast that you cannot candle it</p>
<p>go for EE, it is VERY closely related to computer engineering and u can go to grad school for computer engineering after undergrad EE degree</p>
<p>CS is alot harder than EE, as a CEN major, I can say the work in cs is alot harder than the EE, though I enjoy the CS more.</p>
<p>I've been eying CS recently, and I didn't know it was such a money maker. Average ME makes.. 62K IIRC. EE around 70k. Software Engineer makes around 90k (IIRC). </p>
<p>And most software engineers don't have a graduate degree while many EE's do.. maybe I should make the switch?</p>
<p>its not about the $$$</p>
<p>A doftware engineer is different than just CS, Software engineering is more of a Lead position and the joining of all the different teams and such. A lot more responsibility and alot more human interaction lead to more money.</p>
<p>Yeah ...... I think fresh out of college, you get software programmer positions, not engineer positions unless you are very experienced and have already programmed a lot of things on your own.</p>
<p>You know, as much as I've researched CS, I still don't really know exactly what they do on a day-to-day basis. Other than programming, the only thing that comes to mind is inventing new math theories/equations that computers can use.</p>
<p>I think that's pretty much what is done, through the intro programming class I took for LISP, all I could gather was that everything that a computer does is by mathematical algorithms, and the more complicated the thing is that the computer is doing, the more advanced/complex the algorithm is, more a whole bunch of algorithms working with each other to produce everything we see on the screens. Technically then, to be a "software engineer", you have to be able to come up with ways to actually build a functional program that can do whatever it is meant to do, therefore most likely meaning that you have to come up with algorithms.</p>
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<p>the notion that CS is harder than EE is purely subjective :rolleyes:</p>
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CS is alot harder than EE, as a CEN major, I can say the work in cs is alot harder than the EE, though I enjoy the CS more.
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<p>well since YOU say so....</p>
<p>Just my Opinion. EE is just math, and CS is alot of lab work.</p>
<p>Oh yea, there is no lab for EE. And CS is the hardest major in the world.</p>
<p>YOU DON'T KNOW **** ABOUT EE</p>
<p>I think most people in the high tech industry would agree that EE is the hardest major.</p>
<p>CS is tedious. but CS is just a tool. scientists and engineering use programming to solve problems. cs is just learning a new way to solve problems. im sorry, but CS is a LOT of work, i agree. but EE is harder conceptually, and thus it maybe that ppl a LONG time to do as well.</p>
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YOU DON'T KNOW **** ABOUT EE
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<p>Im a third year EE student, I know alot. Just 8 more classes and I graduate with a EE degree.</p>