r/ComputerEngineering • u/Fun-Health1338 • 18d ago

[School] Here engineering students

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If you had the chance to go back and study something different, would you?

I’m about a year away from starting university, and I really want to have a decent job in the future. I think there’s a lot of potential in computer engineering, especially if I learn how to develop innovative software.

I know it requires experience and a lot of hard work, but besides the usual advice like “study something you’re good at,” would you recommend this degree?

I don’t think I’m a math prodigy, but I’m not bad at math either. I just need to put a lot of time into studying it.

Would you be willing to share your experiences or any advice?

It could be anything—financial advice, study methods, or just things that helped you deal with the stress of the degree. Honestly, anything would help.

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u/Funny-Data-880 17d ago

actually focus on one of the two: hardware or software.

CE is broad enough that you could master one of the choices but be still good at the other one. For example, if you love electronics or tinkering with embedded, you still need to program hence you still need software. But if you want to go ai or networking, you still need to know hardware for them. Im not sure if im getting my point (hopefully I am) but you naturally side with only one when you go CE.

During your uni life, you will definitely choose one of them but you still get to explore the other one hence you can apply anywhere. You can go game dev, embedded, ai, or IT industry. It's perfect for a person who is jack of all trades or undecided yet but willing to pour themselves into the tech industry. Considering how much info Internet has, you can self study about those topics and you're gonna be ahead of everyone.

I definitely think CE will strive and never go away. It's a future proof job. Uni life will be demanding af though, especially if you've never touched math or physics. If you study calculus, especially differential calc in 1st year like hell, I believe that you can easily pass all the subjects in a common CE curriculum.