Computer Science vs Electrical Engineering

[CanOWorms]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: evident
computer engineering is the best.

proof:
my interns were both computer sciencey positions. when i got a full time job, it was an EE position. I didnt work as hard as the EE's in school(comp sci classes are easier imo) and still get paid as much as they do.
win

You know what is funny? How people actually still believe their degree and major mean a hill of beans. It's like they are still in college and pumping up "so, what's your major?"

Face it - in the "real world" your degree doesn't mean a lot. What you have done and what you were exposed to does.

What's even funnier is your boss/director has an "easy" business degree and he is the one deciding how much you are worth and if you deserve a 1 or 2 percent raise.

No worry though, I like to give you college kids 70K a year to make you happy and think you're rich.

You know what is funny? That you actually believe this.

An EE, CompE, and CS degree is NOT interchangeable. There are fields of study within those concentrations that do not overlap on another. They are quite distinct at many institutions. Can they overlap? Sure, some fields can. I think that's only natural as you go into other levels of abstraction.

In many jobs, your degree matters a lot. You simply cannot practice certain professions without certain educational requirements including what your degree is in.

Managers/Directors/VPs/etc. are engineers in an engineering company. They are involved with technical issues. Just use some common sense here.

 

[Mide]

Another vote for engineering.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: LongCoolMother

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Imdmn04
the argument that ee can do anything cs is not true. most ee majors only have to take introductory programming classes and don't really know how to write a good piece of software. for example, they dont know the most efficient way of traversing through a particular data structure, and end up writing something that is very expensive in the runtime cost, which is detrimental when the program needs to be scaled to an enterprise level.

not saying u have to be a cs major to write a good program, but i've seen a ton of non-cs majors writing software that end up getting rewritten because they werent designed well in the first place.

I would suggest any EE/CE take a handful of CS classes for this very reason. I took the first two years worth of CS classes at my university and, as a result, my programming is much better than the other EE/CE students. There are things than any self respecting CS major can do in O(n) time, but a person not somewhat trained in programming will do in O(n^2) time.

heh. or far worse. think the classical Fib(n)

Eek. It was really funny when the EE students started understanding recursion and started using it. Some of their programs got really slow.

Hahahahha....the one thing I was taught in my intro programming for EE's....

"Please people....do not over use recursion!"

 

[polarmystery]

You will get more pu$$y in EE than a CS...

True story:
Started college as CS, 0 dates, 0 girlfriends
Switched to EE, 12 dates, 3 girlfriends.


EE people may be nerdy, but CS people are just plain fvckin' scary.

 

[polarmystery]

EDIT: Double post

 

[polarmystery]

EDIT: Holy triplepost Batman!

 

[neodyn55]

CompE FTW. In terms of interesting, job prospects, and girls.