<p>Hey I'm currently a junior electrical engineer at manhattan college with a 3.8 gpa.</p>
<p>I originally chose EE because it supposedly offered more options than computer engineering. Now that I've gone through 2 years of EE and realized that I honestly hate the electrical side of EE and really enjoy programming, I think I made the wrong decision.</p>
<p>Should I switch if my desired career paths involve a high cleareance government job? Or should I stick it out and just take some more programming oriented senior electives, and go to graduate school for computer?</p>
<p>What positions at which of the government contractors are you looking to fill. The company and the job will partially determine what you take. Getting a clearance is not a trivial issue for an employer; depending on the level of clearance it can cost $20k or more for them to get you cleared, these jobs tend to go to folks who already have clearances.</p>
<p>My advice (having done this for 30 years) is to always study the stuff you like. Doing anything different will lead to real painful issues when you end up in a job you don’t enjoy.</p>
<p>My D started out in EE also, and switched to CE for the same reason stated. I think it was during soph year. I doubt that a switch will really impact your career prospects (lots of both EEs and CEs go into software), plus you may end up with an employer-pleasing higher GPA doing what you like. Just be sure you determine what the delay, if any, there would be to your graduation date and are willing to accept that.</p>