Re:Ask HN: Will an EE get any attention in the software world?
by sircastor on Friday February 10, 2023 @03:42AM
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> The schools I'm looking at only offer Computer Science and Computer Engineering (no "Software Engineering" degrees), and I'm already sure I'm not interested in a computer science degree.
I have a software engineering degree. It’s essentially a CS degree missing a couple of 3rd/4th year courses (Operating systems and networking for mine) and has a couple of adjacent courses (project management and team stuff).
The “degree in a related field” component of programming jobs is largely a filter, and has begun to have less effect over the last few years as non-degree-holding programmers have shown they can be quite adept at software development.
CE and EE are hard work degrees. There’s lots of math, and lots of theory. I would study them if you have a genuine interest.
I would not worry about the layoffs happening now. Software isn’t going anywhere. This is just big companies trying to appease Wallstreet. They’ll be hiring again in no time.
I have a software engineering degree. It’s essentially a CS degree missing a couple of 3rd/4th year courses (Operating systems and networking for mine) and has a couple of adjacent courses (project management and team stuff).
The “degree in a related field” component of programming jobs is largely a filter, and has begun to have less effect over the last few years as non-degree-holding programmers have shown they can be quite adept at software development.
CE and EE are hard work degrees. There’s lots of math, and lots of theory. I would study them if you have a genuine interest.
I would not worry about the layoffs happening now. Software isn’t going anywhere. This is just big companies trying to appease Wallstreet. They’ll be hiring again in no time.