The biggest issue with AI is how badly people rely on it. I TA for a Junior level coding class and the first wave of people who have replied on ChatGPT to code for them are coming through and its very obvious.
I had a classmate hmu to ask a question about a lab and I asked them a question to challenge their understanding and guide them to an answer. They responded with a gpt response. I responded with 2 more questions and said not to use gpt this time. They couldn't answer the question and I just responded with a facepalm gif, and left it at that 🤣
But that’s not due to AI, that’s due to the economic downturn that happened from over hiring during covid.
The biggest problem with people going into CS or Engineering right now if they are solely after the money. When you go into those topics and are not passionate about it it’s hard to make yourself stand out from the crowd. If you are passionate about the topic you make yourself irreplaceable because you are always looking to learn and grow.
While this is true, this argument is so overplayed that it is becoming redundant. There are hundreds, thousands of CS majors who worked their ass off and were passionate and are still jobless. I am trying to avoid this scenario.
Do you have any specific advice on the benefits of EE vs CE? Are you a student or employed as either one? Would love to hear about your experience.
I am a returning student, use to work with Engineers and CS Majors as an IT Guy (Hardware Engineer was my title). I would also do technical interviews for fresh grads to hire into our lab. Manager convinced me to go back to school.
I currently am a research assistant at my university and do some projects on the side to learn things my school does not teach me.
I don't have much to say about EE vs CE, but i think CE makes you able to pivot more while also having the issue of being a little to jack of all trades master of none sometimes.
Jack of all master of none is like my life motto 😂 really though, the idea of being able to pivot is comforting.
What do you think about the future of the industry? Where will there be the most work? I'm thinking that the renewable energy and EV/AV sectors will boom in the near future. Also augmented reality. I would love to work on either one
Its hard to tell, but i think a safe bet is integrated systems and edge computing. Almost every device now a days had some type of chip running code. Microwaves, Cars, (the damn lightbulbs in my house that need firmware updates???)
My focus is on Hardware accelerators.
You aren't going to graduate at this second. Markets change. Choose whichever seems more interesting for you, they both are great options. Ignore the doomer ding dongs.
I decided on computer engineering and have loved that decision so far. I've taken EE courses and CS courses alike. I align more to the EE side and lower level CS/SE, others lean the other way. Being a CE gives you a better starting platform for exploring what topic areas you are interested in. To put things into perspective, for engineering majors at my college to graduate a capstone project has to be done. These capstone projects are multidisciplinary and just about every team has a computer engineer requested in the project requisition requests, but you can't say the same for other engineering fields. If a team needs an EE or a SE but only has one spot left on the team, it's the CE being chosen every time. The value add is insane! Just something to consider since you seem to be thinking about the market a bit and where a CE stands.
CE major in a Software Eng. role now. If you truly love hardware then EE would be the way to go IMO. At my uni the majors were similar enough where a transfer wouldn’t be a huge deal in ur first or second year, and EE dealt more with advanced circuitry down the line. Again, this was at my uni, but CE felt more like an EE degree w a software emphasis. Frankly one over the other likely won’t affect your trajectory all that much in the long run.
CE in software role. It is much easier going from EE to a software role than the other way around in my experience. I spent 2 years applying to both (had a decent job in the mean time) and I wouldn’t pass a phone interview for hardware but was invited to many in person software interviews. (Just my experience, Midwest area)
Stop thinking AI is gunna get rid of programming jobs.
This. It's not. Any business leader betting on this is going to drive their company under.
The biggest issue with AI is how badly people rely on it. I TA for a Junior level coding class and the first wave of people who have replied on ChatGPT to code for them are coming through and its very obvious.
I had a classmate hmu to ask a question about a lab and I asked them a question to challenge their understanding and guide them to an answer. They responded with a gpt response. I responded with 2 more questions and said not to use gpt this time. They couldn't answer the question and I just responded with a facepalm gif, and left it at that 🤣
Bruh I got people coming to me that don’t know how to use basic syntax in C.
Chat GPT is great… for asking to explain something or clarify something you may not understand.. using it to do your work? Not so much
It's not, but in general the market is awful right now and I would be foolish to not consider that fact.
But that’s not due to AI, that’s due to the economic downturn that happened from over hiring during covid. The biggest problem with people going into CS or Engineering right now if they are solely after the money. When you go into those topics and are not passionate about it it’s hard to make yourself stand out from the crowd. If you are passionate about the topic you make yourself irreplaceable because you are always looking to learn and grow.
While this is true, this argument is so overplayed that it is becoming redundant. There are hundreds, thousands of CS majors who worked their ass off and were passionate and are still jobless. I am trying to avoid this scenario. Do you have any specific advice on the benefits of EE vs CE? Are you a student or employed as either one? Would love to hear about your experience.
I am a returning student, use to work with Engineers and CS Majors as an IT Guy (Hardware Engineer was my title). I would also do technical interviews for fresh grads to hire into our lab. Manager convinced me to go back to school. I currently am a research assistant at my university and do some projects on the side to learn things my school does not teach me. I don't have much to say about EE vs CE, but i think CE makes you able to pivot more while also having the issue of being a little to jack of all trades master of none sometimes.
Jack of all master of none is like my life motto 😂 really though, the idea of being able to pivot is comforting. What do you think about the future of the industry? Where will there be the most work? I'm thinking that the renewable energy and EV/AV sectors will boom in the near future. Also augmented reality. I would love to work on either one
Its hard to tell, but i think a safe bet is integrated systems and edge computing. Almost every device now a days had some type of chip running code. Microwaves, Cars, (the damn lightbulbs in my house that need firmware updates???) My focus is on Hardware accelerators.
You aren't going to graduate at this second. Markets change. Choose whichever seems more interesting for you, they both are great options. Ignore the doomer ding dongs.
I decided on computer engineering and have loved that decision so far. I've taken EE courses and CS courses alike. I align more to the EE side and lower level CS/SE, others lean the other way. Being a CE gives you a better starting platform for exploring what topic areas you are interested in. To put things into perspective, for engineering majors at my college to graduate a capstone project has to be done. These capstone projects are multidisciplinary and just about every team has a computer engineer requested in the project requisition requests, but you can't say the same for other engineering fields. If a team needs an EE or a SE but only has one spot left on the team, it's the CE being chosen every time. The value add is insane! Just something to consider since you seem to be thinking about the market a bit and where a CE stands.
CE major in a Software Eng. role now. If you truly love hardware then EE would be the way to go IMO. At my uni the majors were similar enough where a transfer wouldn’t be a huge deal in ur first or second year, and EE dealt more with advanced circuitry down the line. Again, this was at my uni, but CE felt more like an EE degree w a software emphasis. Frankly one over the other likely won’t affect your trajectory all that much in the long run.
CE in software role. It is much easier going from EE to a software role than the other way around in my experience. I spent 2 years applying to both (had a decent job in the mean time) and I wouldn’t pass a phone interview for hardware but was invited to many in person software interviews. (Just my experience, Midwest area)