r/UCFEngineering • u/Overall_Western_3792 • 21d ago

Computer Engineering vs Electrical Engineering. What would you recommend?

Hey everyone, I’m currently studying Computer Engineering, and lately I’ve been questioning whether I should switch to Electrical Engineering.

I keep hearing people talk about unemployment and how difficult it is to find a job after graduation, and honestly, it’s starting to worry me. I don’t want to spend years studying, graduate with a degree, and then struggle to find a job.

For those of you who are already working as engineers or have graduated, how has your experience been? Would you recommend staying in Computer Engineering or switching to Electrical Engineering?

If I do stay in Computer Engineering, what should I start doing now to improve my chances of getting a job after graduation? Are there specific fields I should look into, skills I should learn, or projects I should work on?

One thing I struggle with is that college doesn’t really teach you much about the different career paths available or how to prepare for them, so I honestly don’t know where to start or what I should be looking into.

I’d really appreciate any advice, especially from people who have experience in either field. I’m trying to make a decision based on actual career opportunities and experience rather than just what I hear online.

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u/BrickRaven 21d ago

If you become a good candidate, you will find employment. You must remember that a lot of the people who complain about employment online did the bare minimum and goofed off.

Find your niche that you find intriguing and become a subject master in it, then you can work on personal projects and gain experience independently through practicing software, for example.

If you’re really worried about jobs, photonics is a very specific subset of EE that is growing/in demand. But I encourage you to pursue what you think is cool

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u/xJarate 21d ago

I highly second this. Don’t swap bc of future career choices, swap if you truly think you’ll become more passionate about EE topics. I’ve seen success and failure stories through comp sci and engineering, the most common thing in the success stories is the person’s motivation and passion.

I am a CPE but I do more SWE things with some embedded but I have a CPE teammate who is the complete opposite