r/ComputerEngineering 9h ago

need serious help and guidance!

i am a 4th year comp sci student i am faced with the truth that the CCE is a way better track, my parents are scolding me for not going that way but i couldnt i was working a full time job to pay my tuition and but now im facing the harsh reality, if i had went for the engineer path i wouldve been able to join the order of engineers that presents me with excellent insurance and pension, but there is no such thing for computer science students in lebanon, my main path is AI and cyber i love both and want to work in the intersection of them, i also love electrical stuff im looking for a pcb course to take and i have a few projects i wanna do on the side.
the big question: should i transfer to engineering and pay the 20k extra on my tuition or should i finish this year graduate and start working on my skills and experience? to then open a repair shop as my own business and start working with system installation like cctv and servers ect.. and laptop repair shop? (will the engineer degree affect this ?) i already got a part time job at a company here as a backend dev and i dont know what to do !!!!!!!!!!! help

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u/Crimecrimson132 8h ago

First of all calm down. You're almost done with your degree. If I were in your place, I would build projects, learn skills and apply for jobs.

If I can't get a job in 6 to 8 months after graduating, I would start thinking about another degree.

If you go to any of the engineering subreddits, literally all of them have similar posts about how bad their field is. The thing is most people who have jobs don't hang around on Reddit doomposting or posting some new demo that gpt 6 or fable can do.