Originally Posted by
brokenboost
Wow this thread was useful to me as well, and if you don't mind I want to ride the coat tails a bit.
I'm studying engineering currently and will be majoring in Computer engineering. I thought I wanted to program until I took a Computer Science class. (absolutely horrible) From my understanding, Comp. Eng. is based more on hardware development whereas Comp. Sci. is software and how they actually work. Does anyone know what types of positions are available form more of a first hand perspective? Everything I pull up is worded too vaguely to get an idea of the job. I KNOW there are tons of computer nerds on here. Thanks for any info.
At my work, those with computer engineering degrees are creating ways to tracking certain utilities (Gas, Steam, Electricity, Sewage, etc). Not necessarily building computers to do so, but trying to integrate different hardware to achieve a certain goal. If anything, as far as computer hardware, that would more than likely be electrical engineering. Let me know what else I could give you insight in.