First year computer engineering student

First year computer engineering student.

What should I expect Veeky Forums?

Unexpected difficulty, misplaced optimism, and a lot of work.

But don't give up. It's worth it.

I graduated with a BSE in computer engineering back in 2008. I now make a great salary from a job I enjoy. I love it!

>On? Or off?

Location, job title, salary?

>Oh user, you're a computer engineering major? Can you help me fix my computer? I think it has a virus...

Pennsylvania
uiuuh.... "software engineer"? I dunno
about $100k, but it's tricky to compare because it comes with a lot of perks (like free breakfasts and lunches) and the cost of living in a 30 minute drive around here swings around wildly.

yes

lots of indians in your class, its basically EE with a coding class

expect to switch to CS or Computer Science if you realize you like software way more

T. former CompE major

>CS or Computer Science

derp I meant CS or Software Engineering, a bit drunk atm

This, don't forget, all engineering is making someone else's dream come true

Don't burn the multimeters. The guys responsible by the hardware get pissed.

Write microcontrolers,using signal processing or study circuits.

Advice get social live,get girlfriend, don't wasted time play video games or watch porn, make interships, start to build you CV.

If like some class or topic study about it, don't fear.

it really is

it's not a bad life if you want to live comfortably though

Nice. Just wanted to know your job title to see if you actually landed a high paying ce job rather than a se one

I'm going to college to get a degree in something I wouldn't be able to learn on my own, hence computer engineering with a focus on heavier focus on hardware. I can learn software engineering and programming online on my own time.

you might as well go full EE then

>implying you can't learn about software as a CE

i like physcial stuff does computer engineer make me lab coat toyuching physcisl stuff

you won't get all the theory that CS students get

A future at either Intel or Nvidia. That's pretty much it. And Intel laid off 20000 engineers a couple years ago. Moore's law is dead. Maybe newer compute fabrics or specialized coprocessors will become more popular, or embedded devices, but not much else besides that.

Not OP, but which realm of engineering has the best outlook for jobs?

My friend is about to graduate as a Chemical Engineer and he's having trouble getting any job offers despite being top of the class.

Other people I know are studying Mechanical and Materials engineering

>what should I expect

about half of the people you meet to not be there after about two weeks, statistically including yourself.

Well, at least then I can look for jobs without having to worry about debt, since I can go to college free of charge.

bumperino for the late anons who got a nickel to throw in

Bump.

Very valid point. If your school's program is more on the theory side of CS, there will likely be a shit ton of theory covered that you just won't come into contact with unless you actively have to. I see a bunch of people saying "I can just learn that online", and you probably could, that goes for anything, but the overwhelming majority will not reach the depth of things unless they're forced, like in school.

But user I wanted to work on hardware or robotics

Don't listen to these misers, there are plenty of cool jobs out in the world.. you just have to put some effort into finding them.

its funny you say that because i just got a job with Intel as a mechanical engineer.

>Advice: be a god

Fuck you too, bud.

Be ready for the lunch rush and practise wrapping those burgers fast user

BUMP.

Lots of calculus and physics, and some very basic coding classes. Maybe you'll learn some architecture.

Also, expect everyone to think you're a CS/CSE major.

About to graduate as a CE in PA as well, have a job lined up but it's also SE (turns out I like math & CS a lot more than CE). It's for the government so the pay is shite but I love my job.

see I had the same sentiment as you, but now I'm about to graduate and really frusturated at all the time I wasted writing VHDL and doing stuff I hate, instead of more math & cs. On the other hand DSP and control theory is the shit, and I wouldn't have seen it at all if I wasn't CE, so...

>engineering
Expect to suck some dick before Junior year. Expect to crave it by senior year.

its badass. im about to get my phd this year. what do you want to know?

pretty much this, but i'm still keeping my optimism

what?

yeah i can fix it but that has nothing to do with what compE is about. people have no idea what compE is. they think you are an IT guy. even IT guys don't know what compE is and have no idea how hardware actually works

>lots of indians in your class
not true at all in undergrad, but true in grad classes. but thats true of all engineering

you made a bad decision. you should get an ABET accredited degree

that's retarded. you're projecting your insecurities

lol ive never seen anyone do that

pretty good advice

that's not really logical. it would have been much more comfy to do business or some easy shit. i dont need the extra money

good thinking here

not if you know for sure you want to do compE shit and not waste time on E&M and other less relevant topics

i have an awesome lab coat but dont wear it cause it seems kinda pretentious. its not like im mixing beakers and shit, i dont need a coat. but yeah you could absolutely do more physical shit, or less, depending on which area you want to get into

eh you pretty much do. most of the classes they take that we dont are electives

There are way more jobs than that. You just don't know any successful people in the field or something. Almost everyone gets a nice job in govt or industry. pickins are good if you are in a good program.

Oh and Moore's Law is dead? Oh never heard that before lol. Let's just give up on making computers better forever! Fuck the whole thing!
>newer compute fabrics or specialized coprocessors will become more popular, or embedded devices, but not much else besides that
you act like these things are not already well underway. and there are not many people qualified for this shit so if you know it you are valuable. despite the shit that Veeky Forums says everytime I talk to a physicist about FPGAs they are so impressed and think im a genius

they're all good for jobs if you are competent. pick whichever you are interested in most

pessimism

that's the way to do it. remember, getting funding for grad school is pretty easy so if you get through undergrad with a decent GPA and no debt you can get a free ride in grad school and get a MS or PHD with no debt

you can definitely do that

>some very basic coding classes. Maybe you'll learn some architecture
sounds like a bad program

lotta PA guys in here. Me too

VHDL is awesome though. And VHDL and FPGAs are super relevant to DSP. Also any FPGA project can be more or less math/cs related depending on what you are doing

dude the guy is a moron, why are you asking Veeky Forums? Google this shit, look up articles, go to Wikipedia, talk to people IRL - you'll see that you there are limitless and interesting options for EE, and that includes hardware and robotics, especially robotics come to think of it.

Read, research, get to know the trends. These fuckers here have no idea what they're talking about.

loool neck yourself imbecile, stop discouraging others with your BS.

Just Intel and Nvidia? ARE YOU RETARDED? Literally thousands of companies across dozens of disciplines want EE, both major and minor ones. Energy, telecommunications, space exploration, automatization, robotics, each with companies to numerous to name.

Christ, I thought the autism here was just a meme...

It's a low-skilled profession so you'll be replaced with a Pajeet.

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