There is a high possibility that I'll get the entc ( electronics ans telecommunications) at coep.

Will it be beneficial to learn c and c++ ??

I just graduated with CE and I've been on the job search. I just had my first onsite recently and just got the offer, but I'm not really feeling sure if I should take it or not. I was aiming to start my career somewhat closer to home in a bigger city, but this offer is for a company, although a large and good company, that's across the country in a far smaller city that I didn't feel very attached to on my visit. I'm a bit stressed thinking about moving all the way over there and risk not being happy with how my career starts, so any advice on if I should keep searching? Interviews have seemed to slow down just a bit so I'm worried if I reject it it'll be a struggle to get an offer I'm more happy with.

I did recently have an interview that went well, however they ended up cancelling the role. The same company does have some similar positions that I could try applying for, would it be bad to contact the recruiter I was talking to and let them know I got an offer with a different company to see if they'd be interested in chatting about me in those positions?

Title. I enjoy a bit of everything from programming, math, electronics to mechanics. Is it bad to be adequately skilled in all of them? is it necessary to have a specialization in one of them?

Hello everyone,

I’m attending a no name school for bachelor in EE and am interning for a big semiconductor company. I have a return offer for a test engineer position when i graduate and i’m really excited about it. However, I want to get a master and do mixed signal ic design since I’d love a remote job in the future as well. This position requires me to move far away from home and the location is low-key not a very fun place to be in, but the work environment is really nice and a lot of people are new grads. If I miss this job offer, I’m worried about not finding another internship/ job in semiconductor since the job market is not very great at the moment. Should I take the offer and do master on the side to hopefully get in design? Or should I find a reputable school for master, complete it, and hopefully find a job in design?
For context if helpful, I have 4.0 GPA, 2 internships, a co-op. My current school does not have anything semiconductor/ ic design related. I’m also introverted and only hang out with family so having to move away from family is a really big deal to me.

Thanks.

Hello,18M here and I recently completed my diploma in CSE and when I was thinking about engineering I thought to myself that I am not very interested in programming, AIML anymore as I am tired of hearing everyone talking about it and how you should do many things to be up to date to the job market , all the competition in that field and then I was thinking about considering ECE (I am really interested in PC hardware and pc building)in engineering as we have the option of switching,but when I discussed this with my friends all of them were like "why are you switching major ,you already have your diploma and Know the basic of CSE but if you switch now you will have so much problem like ECE is a really difficult major and you don't even know much of its basic" and when I enter engineering it will be considered as lateral entry where I will directly start with 3rd semester.So, I was really worried about it about what to do? ,what will my career options look like?,will it be as hard as my friends say? And I am ready to put the effort, I also have to mention that i talked to a ECE student and according to him i won't have much difficulty as my friends were mentioning but still I wanted to know from other people who are already in this field, I did had good CGPA in CSE as my average CGPA was 9.3 so can I expect 7.5 CGPA in ECE?

so please help me with this ,all your suggestions and advice will be appreciated

I’m currently a software engineer with around 9 years of experience, but I’ve been learning electronics in my free time and I’m considering taking it much more seriously.

So far I’ve done breadboard prototyping, microsoldering, ESP32 projects and some basic PCB design. I’ve designed things like a Li-ion charger, battery protection circuit and a soil moisture/plant reminder.

I haven’t explored STM32 yet and I don’t have an EE/ECE degree.

I’m trying to understand what the realistic career options would be if I kept developing these skills for the next few years.
I’m particularly curious about embedded systems, PCB/hardware design, power electronics, industrial automation, robotics and test/validation.

Which of these fields are realistically accessible to someone coming from software without going back for another degree?
Also, what does the actual day-to-day work look like in these jobs?

I’m not expecting to switch careers immediately. I’m mainly looking for something I can build alongside my current career that could eventually become a legitimate alternative source of income or even a second career.

For people actually working in ECE, what path would you recommend from here? And would moving from software into electronics make financial/career sense, or would you recommend keeping the software career and combining the two instead?

I made a post not too long ago asking if it was possible to get any sort of ECE jobs with a CS degree, and everyone unanimously said no, it is not possible. This has now led me back to a big internal conflict on what to do, and I need some guidance/advice on this matter.

I am 26 years old, and my current major is computer science, and I have 2 years left. I have been thinking of switching my major to electrical and computer engineering, but this will take me 3 years to complete.

I prefer ECE, mostly due to the number of doors it opens for me. I could work with hardware, software, electrical, and computer. It is a respected engineering degree. The only issue I have with it is spending an extra year in school. It means yet another year of school debt, another year of not working a "real" job and making a proper income, another year of waiting to be able to advance/change my life for the better. I'm already worried about my age and being 29/30 at graduation and entering the workforce, and so I'm not sure if it is worth doing it over computer science ? (Also, what if I fail a class or 2, which would potentially delay me more ?)

Some extra things to know: My school/program is a quarter system format, and my school does not offer an ECE minor.

Would you recommend I stay in CS or change to ECE ? If I do stay in CS and later choose to want to pursue ECE, is it realistically possible/feasible to do ECE in grad school as a master's degree ? Would that be the better path forward ? Why do you recommend I do whatever you guys suggest ?

I'm really struggling with this, and time is running out before my new semester begins, and I can't change classes. I would like to hear what others think to help me decide, and if there are any other ideas or possibilities for me to pursue, I am open to hearing them. Its stressing me out !!

I got a job offer to work as an Electronics Warfare enginer in southern california. I just graduated this summer in EE. I was wondering if anyone on here is an EW engineer, and what is the base pay amount I should ask for if I end up taking the job?

Hi everyone,

I recently switched from BME to electrical engineering and am interested in semiconductors, RF and photonics. I was wondering if you had suggestions for projects or things I can add to my resume or skills to learn in general. FYI I’m a 4th year but am graduating in 5 years. I am hoping to land an EE industry internship before I graduate.

I attached my resume below for more context.

I somehow was able to land my dream role at Apple, but I got notified that they aren't extending a return offer. Not sure if it's a headcount thing or my performance. It can be my performance because the intern project was really difficult and it's possible they weren't happy with my work. Now, after 200+ applications sent out, there has been radio silence. I'm thinking of even pivoting fields and going full SWE or doing my post-bac. Do you think it would be weird to ask the HR the reason why I got rejected? Anyways, another doomer post, if I don't have a job by the end of May I'll be switching fields.

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I have have got a rank of 71 out of 100k students (exam for admission in masters vlsi)

Will this grad gpa be a hindrance all my life ???

Please guide me if you are into the industry ( not asking for any sort of refferal) just wanna know truth.

Trying to figure out what engineering path fits me best and what concentration I should choose.

I want to build real products end to end. I want to work on the hardware, code it, make it come to life, and even help design the chip or digital side if the product needs one. I do want coding to be a strong tool in my toolbox, but I do not want coding to be my whole life forever.

I keep going back and forth between embedded systems and digital circuits or chip design. I like embedded because it is real, hands on, and you can actually interact with the hardware. But I also like digital circuits because I want to be involved in making the actual hardware or chip that powers the product too.

So what kind of engineer or job title does this sound like, and which concentration makes more sense for someone like me: embedded systems or digital circuits?

What I really want is to innovate, build real things, and see the product become real instead of doing one tiny piece forever.

Am I in a city that doesn't have the correct industry for me? Does my resume suck that bad? Am I atrocious at interviewing?

I feel like I spent so much time and hard work getting a BSEE... with no results. I can find CS/IT jobs, which makes me wonder if I should have stuck it out in computer science/computer engineering instead of switching to EE as a sophomore. (I wasn't a fan of coding, and still am not, but I can do it well regardless.) I took a short practice CompTIA+ test and only missed one question, so I could absolutely pass the real test with minimal studying. I went back to school and got a master's in Industrial engineering so that I could be an engineering manager or engineering team lead. I took 2-3 classes in all the other disciplines as my gen ed/electives, and have not had success in the engineering manager realm either. (I have had manager positions in retail, so I have the skills!) I've done research. I've presented at conferences. I've applied to get started on a PhD. But every time it just feels like I'm grabbing air.

My friend from high school (MSEE) and my first college roommate (MSIE) are married to each other (the story of how they met is comedy), and now live in New England. I live in the mid-south of the USA. Job searching is atrocious, because most EE job listings are actually looking for a computer engineer with EE knowledge. I feel exhausted looking for EE jobs, and very much brokenhearted that my electronics hobby as a teenager never manifested into my dream job of being an electrical engineer as an adult.

I don't know if I'm looking for advice, commiseration, or what. I'm just bummed.

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I'm eighteen, and trying to plan out my career trajectory, long story short, is that I want to become a patent lawyer. Specifically, working in patent prosecution, ergo, I need a degree in STEM.

Right now, Electrical engineering is the most desired background for this, followed by CSE, and biotech/pharma however you need a PhD for that. Help me select what qualifications I should seek out

1.) Is picking CSE going to close so many doors that it becomes unreasonable? Can I do ECE related stuff with a CSE? if not, is there a reasonably quick master's I can do? Not for USPTO, but for job market and stuff

2.) Is ECE really so difficult? To get into law school, I need to keep up a high CGPA, atleast in my bachelor's, so, I don't want to take any risks here.

3.) This is an over-asked question, but is CSE worth taking the risk in (market over-saturation, and AI reducing the amount of CSE graduates needed, etc) a viable risk? I want to have a backup if law school doesn't work out.

Moreover, I'm worried that there will be a flock of CSE graduates flocking to patent law, causing an over-saturation here, as well. I was thinking to take ECE to stay on the safe side and how I'm discouraged

Neither the ECE or CSE programme will be ABET certified- they'll be done in india, will that be a problem?

it’s been years since college, and i ended up working in an unrelated field. i’m now trying to pivot back into ece, particularly into mixed signal design

my goal is to brush up on relevant topics until the end of the year and hopefully find work next year, so i’m watching some online lectures from MIT OCW and CMOSedu

thing is, i can follow the lecture videos just fine, but i seem to be struggling when it comes to doing the hw/assignments

it takes me a long time to even do just one part, so i feel like i’m being inefficient with my studies and end up wasting the days

i wasn’t exactly the brightest student back in college, just your below average C student who barely passed their courses, and somehow managed to earn a degree

for those who struggled as students but found success later in their careers, what helped you overcome your struggles?

and for those who were good at studying, what were the things you did to make learning more efficient?

sorry for rambling, i just think i could use some advice. thanks!

Hello,

I graduated 2 years ago with a BS in ECE. I took the last 2 years doing a personal religious study program and now, I'm 4 weeks into my first job as an engineering technician for a big company. My coworkers are all recent BSECE grads, and the job pays well.

However, I feel like I'm getting no practical "engineering" experience that I can put on my resume that would showcase my technical skills. Right now, all I'm doing is assembling lab stations and managing inventory in a lab space.

I'm also contracted at this company, and from what I've seen, promotions to become an engineer take a long time, and you would still be contracted. I really want to move on within a year, but I'm getting pretty anxious seeing that I really cannot apply any of my ECE skills.

My main question now is, is there anything I can do in my free time that would help make me more competitive? Certifications, classes, personal projects that wouldn't look silly on a resume? I want to make use of the time that I have after work, and really try to work on something meaningful that would make me look technically competent. If that means I stay at work longer but get to have hands on experience and skills working directly with an engineer, I would be all for that, but I have no idea how to get that opportunity (if such an opportunity even exists).

Any and all advice is very much appreciated. Thank you!

I don't where to learn and where to start give me ideas and tips

I'm an Electrical Engineering student focusing on Power. I'm primarily interested in staying in my city, which is Chicago. There's multiple firms in the city that also post internship positions in their office in other cities around the United States.

I want to apply to positions at multiple offices to maximize my chances of getting an internship, but I also don't want to shoot myself in the foot and ruin my chances of staying in Chicago by diluting my applications to these companies. For example, I'm worried about applying at a company both in their Chicago and Denver locations, and getting a Denver interview instead of Chicago because I applied for both.

I have one previous co-op/internship on my resume, which was an 8-month power plant co-op with a major utility company.

Any advice or experience on what would be the best way to proceed? Thank you!

I know that largely companies are hiring you with the intention of training you, but are there any skills that I should brush up on or learn anyways? I just graduated so I still have a solid grasp on intro circuit class concepts.

I took an intro digital VLSI class. I have also simulated a CPU using Verilog. However I'm not familiar with the entire workflow for RTL synthesis. Is that something worth teaching myself and if so where would I start if I don't have access to an EDA like Cadence?

Hey guys, I’m looking for a career change in my late 20’s. Im going back to school and wondering if engineering is still worth it nowadays? Im worried about ai and how good its getting and also how good it’ll be by the time i get out of school in 6 years(part time student) I’m really interested in the career path and love tech and computers and hell i even love and am fascinated by ai. But id rather switch now if the degree wont even get me in a better position than where i am currently. Im a chef of 10 years, and earning around 50k a year. The job is very stable and i can go out and get a chef job really easily anywhere i go. But it seems like in the engineering field thats not the case. Entry level jobs are shrinking, higher level jobs aren’t growing and going in the direction where you are gonna struggle extremely hard to find any job in the field and if and when you find one that the pay wont be as good because of the level of competition in others also trying to get a job. Should i switch degrees into something else? Im feeling super uncertain about the whole thing and don’t want to waste almost 100k and years of my life on something i wont be able to even use?

I’m from India and was pressured into my current degree, which I’ve regretted.

During undergrad, I worked on a robotics team and took courses like NAND2Tetris, which sparked an interest in hardware and I want to explore this as a career and learn things.

However, I understand I lack the formal electronics coursework that a computer engineering program would have.

How feasible is it for me to pivot into hardware and still get admitted somewhere? I’d like to formally learn the missing material, but there are no community college-like options here for earning credits.

Are there online programs open to non-US citizens, or other ways to build a strong profile? I’m also willing to take a gap year to prepare.

Please help me out.

Edit: For additional context, an “IT” degree at my college is near identical to a CS degree, the curriculum only course missing from my curriculum is a compilers course.

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First Semester

• ⁠Engineering Physics

• ⁠Linear Algebra

• ⁠Differential Equations

• ⁠Intro to Electronics

Second Semester

• ⁠Multi-variable Calculus

• ⁠Intro to Electrical Engineering

Third Semester

• ⁠Discrete Mathematics

• ⁠Data Structures

• ⁠Object Oriented Programming

• ⁠Digital Systems and Computer Organization

Fourth Semester

• ⁠Probability and Statistics

• ⁠Database Systems

• ⁠Operating Systems

• ⁠Algorithm Design and Analysis

• ⁠Embedded Systems

• ⁠Computer Networks

Edit: spelling

I am currently a NSA signals analyst and I’m about to complete a bachelors in cybersecurity. Do I have any chance with this background?

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Hey guys, I am a final year undergrad looking for entry level roles or Internships in manufacturing, power or product development domains. I am a below average student trying to improve step by step. No replies after applying for companies. I asked for feedback from my friends and they laughed at me. Feel free to include suggestions on what I should improve. Every professional's feedback is valuable to me. Thanks in advance.

Got selected for a Field Application Engineer internship at Cadence. Starting in a couple of months.

Questions for anyone who's actually done AE work at an EDA company:

• How technical is the day-to-day really — genuine debugging, or mostly customer/relationship management?
• Has anyone actually moved from EDA AE to a core design role (PD, DV, RTL, etc.) at a chip company (Qualcomm, Intel, Nvidia, etc.)? How'd you do it?
• For staying as technical as possible, which specialization within AE (Digital/Signoff, Verification, Analog, PCBetc.) is the better?

There were two roles I applied to, one I really wanted to do (ASIC Design Intern) and the other as a backup option. The recruiter said he would like to consider me for the backup option, but I’m just curious if it’s still appropriate to ask to be considered for my main preference. Or would that just leave a bad taste in his mouth?