Hi guys, I am looking for some advice on switching my degree to EE. But first my background! In December I will be graduating with a degree in Computer Science, and one in Computer Engineering. I have been working as a software engineer for the past 10 years (I am the senior programmer overseeing 5 other programmer & designers). To sum up my analog HW skills, except for Circuit I and Electronics 1, I don't have much analog HW experience. On the other hand, I've had many classes on Logic Design and Embedded systems design.
I am already enrolled as a computer engineering graduate student scheduled to start in the spring of 2014. But when I graduate I would really love to switch career paths from exclusively writing software to a lower level where I could do digital hardware design, as well as programming. But From what I have gathered from the internet, most digital hardware design jobs usually goes to EEs instead of CEs. A CEs will usually get stuck writing firmware and other low level software and almost no hardware design. So I am considering switching my master's program to EE instead of CE. I've spoken to the advisor, and I can get a EE master's by taking an extra semester of classes to cover the classes that undergrad EE students are required to take but CEs aren't.
My question to all of you who work in this field is the following: Is it true that CE will usually get stuck with embedded programming and consistently are passed by for hardware design (including digital) jobs? And also, if you were I, would you take the leap and change your major?
I am sorry for making this posting so long, but I wanted to include as much information as I could.
I would appreciate any help that you can give me that might help me decide which way to go.
Thanks!
I am already enrolled as a computer engineering graduate student scheduled to start in the spring of 2014. But when I graduate I would really love to switch career paths from exclusively writing software to a lower level where I could do digital hardware design, as well as programming. But From what I have gathered from the internet, most digital hardware design jobs usually goes to EEs instead of CEs. A CEs will usually get stuck writing firmware and other low level software and almost no hardware design. So I am considering switching my master's program to EE instead of CE. I've spoken to the advisor, and I can get a EE master's by taking an extra semester of classes to cover the classes that undergrad EE students are required to take but CEs aren't.
My question to all of you who work in this field is the following: Is it true that CE will usually get stuck with embedded programming and consistently are passed by for hardware design (including digital) jobs? And also, if you were I, would you take the leap and change your major?
I am sorry for making this posting so long, but I wanted to include as much information as I could.
I would appreciate any help that you can give me that might help me decide which way to go.
Thanks!