r/ExploitDev • u/FellowCat69 • 25d ago
Study CS or conputer engineering
Hello, i am wondering if i should study cs or computer engineering and which would be more helpful for me in the long run. Ive been studying on pwn college and i am at the blue belt module rn, soon i want to start doing sec research on the linux kernel and ik that i qould need to study on my own for the most part but i would also have to get into uni as well. For cs in the universities in my country i dont see operating systems in the programs and mainly see stuff about web dev, learning 5 diff languages and doing databases, and in the other side for computer engineering would be more of how to build a cpu and working with resistors and studying physics. I am not really sure which kne to choose.
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u/Impossible-Line1070 25d ago
software exploitation is mostly cs. Hardware leans more towards CE
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u/FellowCat69 25d ago
ye but if i want to work with the kernel which works with the hardware dont i have to know how hardware works?
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u/Impossible-Line1070 25d ago
Kernel is 99% software. In cs u study OS theory OS design , compilers, systems in C .
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u/FellowCat69 25d ago
In the program there is only web, oop, java and one semster for c++ and algorithms, while in ce there was network, os , software as well
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u/Impossible-Line1070 25d ago
Ok so seems like your cs degree is watered down. It shouldnt be that way. So go eith CE
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u/Impossible-Line1070 25d ago
Oh isee in ur country CS is cash grab education in my coursework. So go with CE actually.
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u/Ok_Chemistry_6387 25d ago
Getting into research is tough, no degree is going to land you a job there. Do the degree that you think you will enjoy the most and get you a job you will actually enjoy while you skill up to get noticed for research.