Any future or current computer engineers present right now...

[imported_tconthepc3]

I was wondering if the job market is pretty wide for computer engineering, because i honestly dont know which form of engineering im wanting to go into. I was wondering if anyone is/has faced the same delimma of choosing the right field, and if your happy.

 

[TecHNooB]

I just finished my freshman year of engineering and I'm stuck between choosing EE or CMPE. So I'm in the same boat as you.

 

[imported_tconthepc3]

What courses have you taken, and how are your grades, expectations still...are you going to ASEE conference?

 

[slpaulson]

When I was job hunting there seemed to be a lot of demand for firmware engineers in particular. I'm pretty happy with my job.

 

[engineereeyore]

Currently finishing my Master's in CE. I did my undergrad in EE. I had about 5 job offers total (Northrup Grumman, HP (x2), Sandia Labs, and one in D.C. that I can't remember the name of). I had interviews with well over 10 companies, so I'd say the market if pretty good for CE's. If you're going on to do graduate work, I'd recommend doing an EE undergrad to give yourself a solid background then do CE for graduate work. I also did a CS minor and filled my EE electives with CE courses.

That's my experience anyway.

 

[JohnCU]

I started in CpE but switched to EE after I had to take a class on Advanced Data Structures and Algorithms

Job competition is high for EE right now, especially if you want to go work in the nuclear generation industry, it's about to break open (what I'm in)

 

[Reel]

As a degreed software engineer, I have not had any trouble finding a job.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Reel
As a degreed software engineer, I have not had any trouble finding a job.

Is there actually a curriculum called software engineering?

 

[IGBT]

..huge demand for electronic engineers in public transportation to solve EE problems with new generation ac drive mass transportation revenue vehicles (trains). The industry is changing from dc drive to ac drive systems. Lots of software/firmware issues along with electronic control problems. AC drive has no motor control box. Everything is implemented in firmware/software for propulsion and braking.

 

[FoBoT]

are you willing to work for 3 tacos and 2 fish a day?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

At Purdue, EE and CompE are seperated by 4 classes, not very different at all, and honestly, a EE could do everything the CompE grads could do because most of the classes are programming related. If not, they could learn very easily, and the other way around as well.

A EE degree will open you up to many more job offers just because of the title than CompE will. I'm not sure how many EE's and CompE's come out each year though, and so if there's more demand than supply for that specifically, it could work to your advantage.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Reel
As a degreed software engineer, I have not had any trouble finding a job.

Is there actually a curriculum called software engineering?

At some colleges, like Rose Hulman, it's Software Engineering and not CS.

Software is much different than CompE - CompE implies hardware, CS or whatever they call it implies software.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
I started in CpE but switched to EE after I had to take a class on Advanced Data Structures and Algorithms

Job competition is high for EE right now, especially if you want to go work in the nuclear generation industry, it's about to break open (what I'm in)

Yeah, from what I've heard, EE and CS both actually are going to have a lot of openings in nuclear related organizations.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Do a CS degree while your at it. Muh easier field to get into.

And one word of advice. GET CO-OPS and INTERSHIPS! Without those, kiss thoughts of IBM, Intel, etc goodbye. And you better keep your grades up.

 

[Reel]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Reel
As a degreed software engineer, I have not had any trouble finding a job.

Is there actually a curriculum called software engineering?

My degree is computer engineering but my job title is software engineer. I was differentiating between the people who become a software engineer simply from working in a related non-engineer position for a long time and those that have formal education in the area before working.

However, none of that answers your question. There are degrees in software engineering at various schools that I am familiar with. I find that the boundaries between CS, SE, CE, etc vary between schools and often even between students depending on their electives. I try to understand what people have learned and know rather than assume what their degree title implies they should know.

 

[Martin]

I'm CE and I just finished school last month. Job market is indeed wide open - I started sending out applications 3 weeks ago and got a job offer a few days ago. As IHateMyJob2004 said, coops and internships are very important - more so than your marks (at least in my experience).

So don't worry, you chose a good field and you'll have a huge range of options when you graduate, everything from hardware engineering to product management.

 

[imported_tconthepc3]

I just hope it pays off for going to school for nearly 5 years. I plan on doing the co-op program after next spring i guess, and going from there. I honestly don't know what to choose for a minor, I was considering pretroleom engineering or business. I also have an interest in graphic design and animation, plus software design.

 

[Cattlegod]

I graduated in 2003 with a computer engineering degree. I'm now in a business strategy group for an automotive company.

 

[tatteredpotato]

I just finished my freshman year of EE.

My big question is how important is a Masters Degree in this field?

 

[slpaulson]

Originally posted by: BlameCanada
I just finished my freshman year of EE.

My big question is how important is a Masters Degree in this field?

I know that if you want to get into I.C. design, a masters definitely helps.

 

[josh0099]

I started out Computer and I am going to end up EE...For the most part they are the same, and I think EE looks better on an application because you can do most of the jobs a CoE would do and have more hardware knowledge. A CoE degree gets you a few more programming classes and thats about it and (IMO) limits what jobs you can get out of college, since some employers might be looking for people more knowledgeable in hardware...Thats my take on it anyway take it for whats its worth...No one can really tell you what direction you should take.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: cRazYdood

Originally posted by: BlameCanada
I just finished my freshman year of EE.

My big question is how important is a Masters Degree in this field?

I know that if you want to get into I.C. design, a masters definitely helps.

Yeah, I got an MSEE focused in IC design at a top 10 school, and this allowed me to interview with all the big IC companies.

Then again, if you get a BSEE from one of these schools, you might have some luck too. My undergrad school's engineering school was not ranked especially high, so I relied upon my grad school experience to get my foot in the door.

 

[CanOWorms]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
At Purdue, EE and CompE are seperated by 4 classes, not very different at all, and honestly, a EE could do everything the CompE grads could do because most of the classes are programming related. If not, they could learn very easily, and the other way around as well.

A EE degree will open you up to many more job offers just because of the title than CompE will. I'm not sure how many EE's and CompE's come out each year though, and so if there's more demand than supply for that specifically, it could work to your advantage.

EE and CompE can be completely different. It just depends on which route you go. If your curriculum had EE and CompE separated by only 4 classes, then either they offer a narrow range of courses or require you to take a huge range of courses.