Title: Any Engineers Here?
Post by: Godless on September 22, 2010, 05:38:51 PM
Post by: Godless on September 22, 2010, 05:38:51 PM
Is anyone here an engineer? More specifically, is anyone a computer or electrical engineer? As of now, I'm majoring in computer engineering but I've been considering switching to electrical engineering, because C++ is just a struggle for me and it doesn't really seem like I enjoy programming as much as I thought I did. At this point, it's computer engineering vs. electrical engineering, which means programming vs. circuits.
Title: Re: Any Engineers Here?
Post by: Tank on September 22, 2010, 06:39:40 PM
Post by: Tank on September 22, 2010, 06:39:40 PM
I started out as an draughtsman, then electronics engineer and now I do computers. If you like abstract stick with computing, if you like practical stick with electronics. The market has lots of computer engineers but less electrical/electronics engineers. If you like electrics/electronics and are good at it go with it.
Title: Re: Any Engineers Here?
Post by: Asmodean on September 22, 2010, 06:54:23 PM
Post by: Asmodean on September 22, 2010, 06:54:23 PM
Mechatronics with the ambitions of Systems Engineering here.
In a lot of electroengineering, you will have to do some programming since micro controllers, which are EVERYWHERE, won't do squat by themselves :-P
I can give you a nice piece of advise that works for me though: learning programming languages is like learning foreign languages. The more you use it, the faster you get better and the better you get.
In a lot of electroengineering, you will have to do some programming since micro controllers, which are EVERYWHERE, won't do squat by themselves :-P
I can give you a nice piece of advise that works for me though: learning programming languages is like learning foreign languages. The more you use it, the faster you get better and the better you get.
Title: Re: Any Engineers Here?
Post by: KDbeads on September 23, 2010, 01:51:09 AM
Post by: KDbeads on September 23, 2010, 01:51:09 AM
Degreed Ceramic Engineer, but landed in specialty packaging engineering/design
Title: Re: Any Engineers Here?
Post by: Tom62 on September 23, 2010, 06:32:39 AM
Post by: Tom62 on September 23, 2010, 06:32:39 AM
I'm a software engineer and I love coding.
Title: Re: Any Engineers Here?
Post by: Tank on September 23, 2010, 08:54:03 AM
Post by: Tank on September 23, 2010, 08:54:03 AM
Quote from: "Tom62"I'm a software engineer and I love coding.(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg163.imageshack.us%2Fimg163%2F7355%2Fconsoling2.gif&hash=3a8ffba6dd009744a227ffe4896f21813251a0c2) somebody has to do it (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg34.imageshack.us%2Fimg34%2F2438%2Fheheoc.gif&hash=50cf1131f6316b9f48965cce1bfe1877dc8f90e7)
Title: Re: Any Engineers Here?
Post by: Godless on September 23, 2010, 12:17:36 PM
Post by: Godless on September 23, 2010, 12:17:36 PM
Quote from: "Tank"Quote from: "Tom62"I'm a software engineer and I love coding.(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg163.imageshack.us%2Fimg163%2F7355%2Fconsoling2.gif&hash=3a8ffba6dd009744a227ffe4896f21813251a0c2) somebody has to do it (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg34.imageshack.us%2Fimg34%2F2438%2Fheheoc.gif&hash=50cf1131f6316b9f48965cce1bfe1877dc8f90e7)
Obviously not me though
Title: Re: Any Engineers Here?
Post by: Tank on September 23, 2010, 01:47:24 PM
Post by: Tank on September 23, 2010, 01:47:24 PM
Quote from: "Godless"Well that is entirely up to you. Are you nearer making your choice?Quote from: "Tank"Quote from: "Tom62"I'm a software engineer and I love coding.(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg163.imageshack.us%2Fimg163%2F7355%2Fconsoling2.gif&hash=3a8ffba6dd009744a227ffe4896f21813251a0c2) somebody has to do it (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg34.imageshack.us%2Fimg34%2F2438%2Fheheoc.gif&hash=50cf1131f6316b9f48965cce1bfe1877dc8f90e7)
Obviously not me though
Title: Re: Any Engineers Here?
Post by: Godless on September 23, 2010, 02:36:19 PM
Post by: Godless on September 23, 2010, 02:36:19 PM
Quote from: "Tank"Well that is entirely up to you. Are you nearer making your choice?
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm going to switch to electrical engineering.
Title: Re: Any Engineers Here?
Post by: Tank on September 23, 2010, 02:55:46 PM
Post by: Tank on September 23, 2010, 02:55:46 PM
Quote from: "Godless"There is a saying 'Do what you like and you'll never work a day in your life.'Quote from: "Tank"Well that is entirely up to you. Are you nearer making your choice?
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm going to switch to electrical engineering.
Title: Re: Any Engineers Here?
Post by: Asmodean on September 23, 2010, 03:07:30 PM
Post by: Asmodean on September 23, 2010, 03:07:30 PM
Quote from: "Godless"Any particular branch?Quote from: "Tank"Well that is entirely up to you. Are you nearer making your choice?
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm going to switch to electrical engineering.
Title: Re: Any Engineers Here?
Post by: Tom62 on September 23, 2010, 09:27:09 PM
Post by: Tom62 on September 23, 2010, 09:27:09 PM
Quote from: "Tank"Well, I could outsource it to some crappy firm in IndiaQuote from: "Tom62"I'm a software engineer and I love coding.(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg163.imageshack.us%2Fimg163%2F7355%2Fconsoling2.gif&hash=3a8ffba6dd009744a227ffe4896f21813251a0c2) somebody has to do it (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg34.imageshack.us%2Fimg34%2F2438%2Fheheoc.gif&hash=50cf1131f6316b9f48965cce1bfe1877dc8f90e7)
Title: Re: Any Engineers Here?
Post by: Godless on September 23, 2010, 11:36:50 PM
Post by: Godless on September 23, 2010, 11:36:50 PM
Quote from: "Asmodean"Quote from: "Godless"Any particular branch?Quote from: "Tank"Well that is entirely up to you. Are you nearer making your choice?
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm going to switch to electrical engineering.
Dunno yet, but that's another benefit that I find about electrical engineering, the pool of jobs seems much larger than computer engineering since EE can be used for a lot of things.
Title: Re: Any Engineers Here?
Post by: Whitney on September 24, 2010, 12:05:39 AM
Post by: Whitney on September 24, 2010, 12:05:39 AM
With electrical engineering you could work for a MEP firm and then I could call an complain at you when you send me the wrong lighting diagram.
Title: Re: Any Engineers Here?
Post by: Prometheus on October 12, 2010, 07:48:15 AM
Post by: Prometheus on October 12, 2010, 07:48:15 AM
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm (http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm)
I used this government site to choose which field to go into. I chose Civil Engineering because it is currently the largest field and had decent projected growth. I like the field itself and I want a career which will give me a choice as to where i live(My gf is hoping to be a doctor so i may have to go where her best opportunities lead.). It looked to me like some of the other fields i liked were too popular or there were too few jobs out there to ensure that I wouldn't have to move to teh job as opposed to getting one where i want to go.
Hate programming too. I failed the class and jumped schools and majors to avoid taking it wtf this stuff is supposed to mean its actually pretty easy. I'd just plan to stay ahead on everything. i get behind a lot because I procrastinate and by the time i figure out i need help its the day before the exam. I usaully stay up till daylight studying and still manage to make a b.
I used this government site to choose which field to go into. I chose Civil Engineering because it is currently the largest field and had decent projected growth. I like the field itself and I want a career which will give me a choice as to where i live(My gf is hoping to be a doctor so i may have to go where her best opportunities lead.). It looked to me like some of the other fields i liked were too popular or there were too few jobs out there to ensure that I wouldn't have to move to teh job as opposed to getting one where i want to go.
Hate programming too. I failed the class and jumped schools and majors to avoid taking it wtf this stuff is supposed to mean its actually pretty easy. I'd just plan to stay ahead on everything. i get behind a lot because I procrastinate and by the time i figure out i need help its the day before the exam
. I usaully stay up till daylight studying and still manage to make a b.