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Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by PascLeRasc on Thursday April 30, 2020 @02:53PM (#23034627)
Nearly every EE I graduated with, including me, had to give up on our dream of being a hardware engineer because nearly zero hardware companies will hire an EE grad from a mid-level school. They either refuse to hire new grads or only recruit at CMU/Purdue job fairs.

Then you take a software job that's available but not interesting, and you get pidgeonholed into that field. It's not retail but it doesn't seem great for EEs who didn't go to a top-10 school. I'd be very interested to hear any other EE grad's perspective though.

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Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by zachm0 on Thursday April 30, 2020 @05:18PM (#23036257)
I'm an EE that went to a mid-level state school and got a hardware engineering job out of school; I got lucky that there was a hardware company in town that did a lot of hiring from my school. I had a similar experience applying to other companies before I graduated though, the company I eventually started working for was the only one to ever give me a call back and I think that was only because I was already working there as a software engineering intern ;)
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Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by nsnick on Thursday April 30, 2020 @03:42PM (#23035219)
This is absolutely true which is why I went back and got a masters from CMU.
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Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by PascLeRasc on Thursday April 30, 2020 @04:16PM (#23035567)
How'd you like it/would you recommend it? I've heard really good things about that program specifically, other than it can be hard to graduate from it.
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Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by nsnick on Thursday April 30, 2020 @04:24PM (#23035657)
It is as hard as you want to make it. You have near absolute freedom in the classes you choose to take. I would say it was definitely a worthwhile experience.
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