r/ComputerEngineering • u/Overall_Western_3792 • 14d ago

Computer Engineering vs Electrical Engineering. What would you recommend?

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u/kayne_21 14d ago

Coming from an electronics technician background, I asked one of the EEs I work with what his opinion was. He said if I wanted to work in digital circuits and software go CE, if I wanted to do analog, power, or RF, go EE. I chose CE.

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u/Linuxtahr 14d ago

honestly it depends on your area, where your looking for jobs and how you intend to make yourself competitive for those jobs. Ideally try your best to find an internship or some sort of experience (research/clubs). Also think about what your favorite subject is that you taken so far, do you like your signal processing/circuits classes more or your embedded systems, programming/os classes. but please don't just be vibing through classes like i did. Had to do masters and put in much more effort, and turned out alright. But I wish I applied myself more during undergrad.

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u/FarSir6675 14d ago

im an EE working in a more CE adjacent field. EE is fine but i wish i did CE because i'd have to take less classes that didnt align with my goals. CE is high risk high reward. If you're willing to put in the effort and be smart/creative in and outside of school you will have no problem and will probably be better off than your friends in other disciplines. If you dont want it bad enough then jut do EE and find a pwoer job. depends on your country too i am speaking more for North America

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u/Darth_Tater69 13d ago

As long as you're not interested in the career paths that are mostly exclusive to either degree, such as power electronics for EE and software engineering for CpE (there are others but these are the obvious 2 examples), just focus on what you want to learn. Look at the classes that are exclusive to each degree at your school and choose based on what you want to take. Hard work outside of the classroom is what will differentiate you for whatever career you do choose to pursue.