I am attending a 5-year university course in Electronic Engineering (in English) in Italy and I have always thought that at university there is a lot of theory and little practice, so I am scared of this gap between the working world and the university world.
I would like to ask, according to your experience, which jobs/tasks/topics are mainly required by an electronic engineer. I know that the number one skill is 'strive', but still it takes both theoretical and practical knowledge.
For example, an employer told me that many companies now require embedded programmers .. so to start I took an advanced course on STM32. Another example, I saw on LinkedIn that in several job offers from companies near my home, they asked me to work with converters... so I attended a course on DC-DC converters on Simulink.
(obviously these two are topics that were already covered in my university course of study, but which I went into a bit more detail)
I would like to ask, according to your experience, which jobs/tasks/topics are mainly required by an electronic engineer. I know that the number one skill is 'strive', but still it takes both theoretical and practical knowledge.
For example, an employer told me that many companies now require embedded programmers .. so to start I took an advanced course on STM32. Another example, I saw on LinkedIn that in several job offers from companies near my home, they asked me to work with converters... so I attended a course on DC-DC converters on Simulink.
(obviously these two are topics that were already covered in my university course of study, but which I went into a bit more detail)