What’s harder to find than microchips? The equipment that makes them

Re:What’s harder to find than microchips? The equipment that... by mfg4u on Saturday November 06, 2021 @06:49PM (#29134587)

I don't think the /s is necessary. Many EE's go through much of the same coursework as CS students. For young EE's why would they go into the HW world when they could make so much more money working in SW. I am an EE and I am considering making the jump to SW as my daily workflow is already about 60% SW work.

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Re:What’s harder to find than microchips? The equipment that... by ghaff on Saturday November 06, 2021 @07:51PM (#29134973)

At the moment at least, you could probably say the same thing about all branches of engineering. Of course, some people just prefer doing non-software things but, as you say, they'll probably end up doing quite a bit of software anyway. (Which suggests that some sort of leveling almost has to take place unless we're OK just doing without new people going into other branches of engineering and science.

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Re:What’s harder to find than microchips? The equipment that... by analognoise on Saturday November 06, 2021 @07:10PM (#29134722)

Yeah I was thinking the same, no /s is necessary.

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