I've been thinging about careers lately, and I originally wanted to be a graphic designer solely. I realized that I want to do that and more, so I looked at engjneering. That got me interested yo get into either computer engineering or computer science. What do you guys thing of those majors? What are you planning on majoring/have majored in/are majoring in?
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Computer Engineering and Computer Science are really different. Computer Science is all about software while computer engineering is more about hardware. Both have a growing job market, the entire computer industry does. I'm currently majoring in Computer Engineering but it's only my first year so I don't really have any idea what the actual classes are going to be like.
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I'm doing Graphic Communication which covers design but also the power and influence behind colours and type. It's really fun, nearing the end of my second year. So far I've done re-branding, logo design, websites, products, posters, etc...
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ehhh, to me graphic design is somewhat more of a hobby (im talking about like just graphics, not like game character designs or whatnot).
As for a career?
Chemical Engineering probably... minoring in psychology... yeah im that kind of person.
Well, I really like math, I've always been interested in computers and programming, but both courses seem cool. I may be leaning towards CE because I get to do some making as well as other things.
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The pseudo-science, Psychology.
I knew you'd be doing that.
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Just wait until pre-calculus. I liked math and got straight A's in math up until pre-calc. That's the point where I realized I sucked at math. It also doesn't help that my current pre-calc professor is an awful teacher. then again, I'm not the most motivated person. Whatever, point is, wait until you get to pre-calc to decide whether you like math or not.
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That shouldn't be a reason for selecting a certain career over another.
Well, if you're good at school, then no. It shouldn't be. But I was an electrical engineering major for my first year of college and I ended up realizing I'm just not good enough at school to do that.
And now I'm CS...
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Just wait until pre-calculus. I liked math and got straight A's in math up until pre-calc. That's the point where I realized I sucked at math. It also doesn't help that my current pre-calc professor is an awful teacher. then again, I'm not the most motivated person. Whatever, point is, wait until you get to pre-calc to decide whether you like math or not.
Dude, yes. Same thing happened to me. And now I'm attacking calc 1 a second time... (and have to go through many more math classes)
Computer Engineering and Computer Science are really different. Computer Science is all about software while computer engineering is more about hardware. Both have a growing job market, the entire computer industry does. I'm currently majoring in Computer Engineering but it's only my first year so I don't really have any idea what the actual classes are going to be like.
To clarify, Computer Engineering involves Electrical Engineering and Software Engineering. The exact distributions depends on the school and what electives you take. Depending on your school, you should see if they have a Software Engineering major and if so compare the requirements to CS. SE is more practical while CS is intended to be less about programming and more about theory. That's not to say they're mutually exclusive, however a lot of schools make what should be SE into a CS degree.
Hardware is a lot more traditional math than software, so if you don't like calc it can be problematic. However a lot of the math realistically gets done by computers if you're doing real things but the classes will definitely involve a good bit of math. CS tends to involve less of what you traditionally consider math and a lot more logic (which is still math but you know). SE requires you know basics well but you rarely use much past trig and logs. SE will involve you working on code constantly though, so if you can't imagine yourself programming for at least 12 hours in a day, you may wanna reconsider.
To clarify, Computer Engineering involves Electrical Engineering and Software Engineering. The exact distributions depends on the school and what electives you take. Depending on your school, you should see if they have a Software Engineering major and if so compare the requirements to CS. SE is more practical while CS is intended to be less about programming and more about theory. That's not to say they're mutually exclusive, however a lot of schools make what should be SE into a CS degree.
Hardware is a lot more traditional math than software, so if you don't like calc it can be problematic. However a lot of the math realistically gets done by computers if you're doing real things but the classes will definitely involve a good bit of math. CS tends to involve less of what you traditionally consider math and a lot more logic (which is still math but you know). SE requires you know basics well but you rarely use much past trig and logs. SE will involve you working on code constantly though, so if you can't imagine yourself programming for at least 12 hours in a day, you may wanna reconsider.
I was going to say something like this.
I am doing Software Engineering (in the 3rd year of the degree right now). What they teach here (I don't know how much it varies per school), however, is for actual Software Engineering you do a lot more UML/Design work than sitting down and programming for 12 hours (Unless you're using Agile methods of software development in which case that is much more likely).
At my school you must take through Calculus II (Calculus III was required up until last year) and an additional 3-6 hours of "Math Electives" as well as taking a discrete mathematics class (labeled a CSE class though it's all about logic and math-y stuff). And at this school if you take 1 or 2 additional math classes over the degree requirements you have a math minor (this applies to Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering [CSE], and Software Engineering). The CSE degree and the Software Engineering degree (again, at my school) are basically the same thing, except with Software Engineering you don't get any CSE electives, they're all picked. But for CSE you get to pick some (maybe 4?) CSE electives, and all the ones required for Software Engineering are applicable.
The Computer Engineering is a lot more based towards teaching how Assembly languages work and doing a lot of low level work (including building circuits). In fact, one of the ABET required projects for the Computer Engineering is for them to build some giant circuit in some design program. So if that's the kind of thing you're more interested that'd be what you should go for. I hate dealing with that low level of stuff unless absolutely necessary. The Assembly class I had to take was torture for me (though I did pull a B?)
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