I wanted to create this post because the inaccurate if not simply discouraging information I encountered oppressed my passion and decision to pursue an education. I base this on years of research, contacting numerous employers in the field and a lot of good and bad information from people holding one degree or the other.
With an electronic engineering technology degree, you are an electronic, technological engineer meaning you are hands on in the design or development of technological equipment invented or advanced by the electronic engineering field.
Do not be mistaken, electronic engineering technology does not make you a technician. Technicians are low level jobs with the most limited requirement in education and often, it can be done on the job with certification issued by the employer.
Technicians are basically maintaining and servicing a specific technology such as audio equipment or networking devices. Their knowledge and skill set will be limited to a specific category of technology. Most people will explain Electronic Engineering Technology degrees incorrectly and lead you to believe you are an underling servant to a real engineer which is complete B.S.
If you're not engineering, you are by no means an engineer as the degree so obviously dictates. A Technological engineer means you might be designing and building the prototype for a stereo preamp while the engineer is the one that designed the op amps, transistors et cetera that you are using. So for example you design something a bit out of your league that you can not make work because no current op amp exists to meet the requirements, the engineer is called in and it is now his/her duty to design that op amp while the technologist then tests it, employs it in their circuit and gives feedback on any necessary changes if any exist.
The electronic engineering technologist will have a relative understanding of all current technologies but it is of course superseded by the electronic engineer's knowledge and understanding.
An electronic engineer is educated with a focus on math, theory, development and advancement. Much if not all of their work is done on a drawing board and a computer.
At the lowest level, the technician is the repairman that fixes the device if it breaks down because it's a simpler job in regards to knowledge but more demanding and timely. At the higher levels in the industry, the employer isn't going to waste the technological engineer's resources on said duty.
At the lower levels, indeed you may hold a technological engineering degree but stuck doing the work that is the equivalent of a technician.
This being why some with the Electronic Engineering Technology degrees are mistaken in their explanations. They simply did not earn very good jobs which may be a reflection of many things. That being said, this degree does not mean you can not obtain employment as senior engineer nor be limited to the job title of technologist.
With an electronic engineering technology degree, you are an electronic, technological engineer meaning you are hands on in the design or development of technological equipment invented or advanced by the electronic engineering field.
Do not be mistaken, electronic engineering technology does not make you a technician. Technicians are low level jobs with the most limited requirement in education and often, it can be done on the job with certification issued by the employer.
Technicians are basically maintaining and servicing a specific technology such as audio equipment or networking devices. Their knowledge and skill set will be limited to a specific category of technology. Most people will explain Electronic Engineering Technology degrees incorrectly and lead you to believe you are an underling servant to a real engineer which is complete B.S.
If you're not engineering, you are by no means an engineer as the degree so obviously dictates. A Technological engineer means you might be designing and building the prototype for a stereo preamp while the engineer is the one that designed the op amps, transistors et cetera that you are using. So for example you design something a bit out of your league that you can not make work because no current op amp exists to meet the requirements, the engineer is called in and it is now his/her duty to design that op amp while the technologist then tests it, employs it in their circuit and gives feedback on any necessary changes if any exist.
The electronic engineering technologist will have a relative understanding of all current technologies but it is of course superseded by the electronic engineer's knowledge and understanding.
An electronic engineer is educated with a focus on math, theory, development and advancement. Much if not all of their work is done on a drawing board and a computer.
At the lowest level, the technician is the repairman that fixes the device if it breaks down because it's a simpler job in regards to knowledge but more demanding and timely. At the higher levels in the industry, the employer isn't going to waste the technological engineer's resources on said duty.
At the lower levels, indeed you may hold a technological engineering degree but stuck doing the work that is the equivalent of a technician.
This being why some with the Electronic Engineering Technology degrees are mistaken in their explanations. They simply did not earn very good jobs which may be a reflection of many things. That being said, this degree does not mean you can not obtain employment as senior engineer nor be limited to the job title of technologist.