IT, CE, & CS

[RandomFool]

Originally posted by: SoLiDus88
IT is really for people who cant hack it at ee or cs.

I wish people would stop saying this. IT is not for people who can't hack EE or CS. It's a jsut different major. Plently of IT people could hack it as a CS or EE major if they wanted to. It's all about where your interests lie.

 

[Ewat]

Originally posted by: RandomFool

Originally posted by: SoLiDus88
IT is really for people who cant hack it at ee or cs.

I wish people would stop saying this. IT is not for people who can't hack EE or CS. It's a jsut different major. Plently of IT people could hack it as a CS or EE major if they wanted to. It's all about where your interests lie.

I'm pretty much leaning towards IT instead of CE because I'm not a huge fan of physics. Math is ok, and I really don't mind calc, so I'm thinking of having CE as a minor instead. I'm not too sure about CS because I don't know if I'll like programming, but I'm going to try to teach myself over the summer.

 

[Tommouse]

Originally posted by: smack Down

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: Tommouse
I'm graduating with a derivative of an IT degree, there is also CS, SE in the same college, and right next door is MicroE, EE, CE, etc. Three of my buddies are CS, one is SE, and another is MicroE.

CS and SE are the same (here at least) until after the second year, where the SE kids learn more about product cycles and CS goes more into theory. From what I have noticed CS goes more into the theory and is closer to the hardware than SE. They work with mostly higher level languages (but not exclusively) such as C, C++, ect. Where as my CS buddies had to write code in assembly.

CE is designing the hardware itself i believe, the actual running of lines and stuff like that.

My derivative of IT, is Applied Networking and System Administration, so I took sequences in Networking and Systems Admin, surprising I know.I had to take a few math classes, but nothing really heavy. Also touched on programing/scripting, web, and db. There is more to IT than just support, but more than likely you will do some time there working your way up.

There is more I can share. I'm just rambling at this point, so I'm going to shadup

"running the lines" ???? You have no clue what CE is. Only people with CE degrees or in process should talk about it.

Agreed. Computer engineering includes digital design (starting at all transistor, gate, chip, and VHDL level to small scale program projects.

Fair enough, I thought thats what CE was. I was wrong, my bad.

Originally posted by: RandomFool

Originally posted by: SoLiDus88
IT is really for people who cant hack it at ee or cs.

I wish people would stop saying this. IT is not for people who can't hack EE or CS. It's a jsut different major. Plently of IT people could hack it as a CS or EE major if they wanted to. It's all about where your interests lie.

Agreed. I could do CS if that's what I wanted to do, but its not. Yes there are people who couldn't hack it in the other majors and do IT, but as stated they still make sh!tty IT guys.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Ewat

Originally posted by: RandomFool

Originally posted by: SoLiDus88
IT is really for people who cant hack it at ee or cs.

I wish people would stop saying this. IT is not for people who can't hack EE or CS. It's a jsut different major. Plently of IT people could hack it as a CS or EE major if they wanted to. It's all about where your interests lie.

I'm pretty much leaning towards IT instead of CE because I'm not a huge fan of physics. Math is ok, and I really don't mind calc, so I'm thinking of having CE as a minor instead. I'm not too sure about CS because I don't know if I'll like programming, but I'm going to try to teach myself over the summer.

Do the easiest major you can. From there on out you can be the boss of the engineers and make them do the work for you.

Focus on communication and management skills. If you don't like math or physics then do IT. That way you can move and do anything you like without being pigeon holed like an engineer. Engineers only have a single track, but you have options.

 

[smack Down]

Originally posted by: RandomFool

Originally posted by: SoLiDus88
IT is really for people who cant hack it at ee or cs.

I wish people would stop saying this. IT is not for people who can't hack EE or CS. It's a jsut different major. Plently of IT people could hack it as a CS or EE major if they wanted to. It's all about where your interests lie.

Ahh another I Transfered major

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: smack Down

Originally posted by: RandomFool

Originally posted by: SoLiDus88
IT is really for people who cant hack it at ee or cs.

I wish people would stop saying this. IT is not for people who can't hack EE or CS. It's a jsut different major. Plently of IT people could hack it as a CS or EE major if they wanted to. It's all about where your interests lie.

Ahh another I Transfered major

Real world is gonna rock you I predict. Majors have nothing to do with much of anything after a few years.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

I say go for EE. It's the most versatile. That said a good combo with EE would be Materials Science Engineering or Chemical Eng. Mech E? It's totally different, but I guarantee you it will be fun =). I wish all EE people had just a little more knowledge about general engineering. Like if they only met a phase diagram before... I mean all the other engineers have met MOSFETs, I don't see why EE people get to avoid phase diagrams and free energy curves =P

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: smack Down

Originally posted by: RandomFool

Originally posted by: SoLiDus88
IT is really for people who cant hack it at ee or cs.

I wish people would stop saying this. IT is not for people who can't hack EE or CS. It's a jsut different major. Plently of IT people could hack it as a CS or EE major if they wanted to. It's all about where your interests lie.

Ahh another I Transfered major

IT can be done without a college degree. I worked IT and my manager was no college graduate. You just gotta start learning a lot of IT-related material and start stacking up on certifications. Money can come easily enough from then on. It doesn't mean you're great though. It's just like programming. Anyone can do the job now. Why do you think its outsourced left and right?

Sorry but EE and CS is where it's really at. But I'm a hardware guy. Nano-level is where it's really at. Materials Science ftw!

 

[slpaulson]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Ewat

Originally posted by: RandomFool

Originally posted by: SoLiDus88
IT is really for people who cant hack it at ee or cs.

I wish people would stop saying this. IT is not for people who can't hack EE or CS. It's a jsut different major. Plently of IT people could hack it as a CS or EE major if they wanted to. It's all about where your interests lie.

I'm pretty much leaning towards IT instead of CE because I'm not a huge fan of physics. Math is ok, and I really don't mind calc, so I'm thinking of having CE as a minor instead. I'm not too sure about CS because I don't know if I'll like programming, but I'm going to try to teach myself over the summer.

Do the easiest major you can. From there on out you can be the boss of the engineers and make them do the work for you.

Focus on communication and management skills. If you don't like math or physics then do IT. That way you can move and do anything you like without being pigeon holed like an engineer. Engineers only have a single track, but you have options.

Why do you have the idea that there is nowhere to go for an engineer? It's pretty common for engineers to get into management positions.

I also don't get why you think engineers are pigeon holed. I've had companies contact me about positions in hardware development, firmware development, higher level programming (C++ and Java), fpga development, and testing.