<p>What is your experience?
By the way, why is the job outlook slower than average? (BLS.gov) </p>
<p>My best friend at UW-Madison was an ECE major. He is a bright fella. And he studied at least six hours each day, M-F.</p>
<p>It was hard to get him to go out even on the weekends sometimes.</p>
<p>But…</p>
<p>He’s had a great job at IBM since we graduated. So it paid off.</p>
<p>@prezbucky six hours? Yea it does pay off. But that’s a lot of invested hours per day. </p>
<p>He built a computer. That’s while we were making music video tapes that we sent to cruise ship lines in an attempt to get jobs as summer performers. LOL </p>
<p>BSEE, MSEE, working on my PhD.</p>
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Complicated. It is a lot of work, and the required courses are broad enough that almost everyone finds some course where they really struggle. You have to be able to handle both the abstract as well as the hands-on components, and many people (again) struggle with one or the other. Not sure how else to answer such a broad question.</p>
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Not an employment expert, but I think it is due to a combination of factors. First, a lot of jobs continue to go overseas. Second, the lion’s share of new ventures are in software, with its minimal start-up costs and high potential revenues/value. That having been said, a weak market mostly affects the weaker students… so don’t be weak!</p>