computer engineer or software engineer?
Question by Cute: computer engineer or software engineer?
Hey Guys,
This is my first year at college, and now i have to make a decision whether to study computer engineer or software engineer. I don’t know which job is more powerful. You know what i mean. I really don’t want to pick a job that is lower than another job. I heard that computer engineer is better than software engineer, but i really don’t know if i like computer engineer. What should i do? —- This is what i want to learn and do on the future.
Programming
Network Security (Work for big companies)
Web developing (Also making websites)
Which job would suit me?
And by the way i really love making movies ( i also want to be a film maker), but because i live in Michigan and they don’t have film schools as i heard, so i decided to go for computers. I want to be able to make visual effects for movies and stuff like that. By the way, right now i live in Michigan and i will transfer to UFM (University of Michigan).
So as i said, i don’t know whether to go for computer engineer or software engineer. (and i love movies too)
So let me tell you what i did when i was in high school maybe that will help you answer my question:
In 9th grade i started to make programs as a hobby. The first year i struggled and i really didn’t like it. I don’t know what happen, i just saw myself in love with programming. Even though in my school they didn’t teach my any programming, i was able to learn by myself. I used to make any program that comes to my mind. Of course it would take me longer, but i always made the program i wanted to make. However, in my senior year i started making movies and stuff like that. First the movies weren’t very good, but i kept going. Now i make movies and i add some special effects to them (visual effects) and the movies look really good. A lot of people tell me i am doing a good job. Now sometimes when i program i can’t stop, i keep programming and i feel so happy. Sometime even when i have a test, i just keep programming, because it gives me pleasure. The same thing with movies, i keep making movies and i have fun. Right now i don’t know what myself want. Computer filed or Film Filed. None of my family are in the Film Filed which slows me down. One of my brother is a computer engineer and the other software engineer. I don’t know which major to go to, i mean i can follow their steps and become something in computers, but in the film filed, i don’t know who to follow and i live in Michigan. This state focus on engineering stuff, not movies.
The reason i can’t choose a major, because i fear to fail. I don’t want to pick something, and later on realize this is now what i wanted!
If you are in my situation what will you do?
Best answer:
Answer by SPB
I think of computer engineering as more “hardware” related and software engineering as more “software” related. Now, that’s a broad statement. What do you like to do? If you like to write programs then go software. If you like to tinker with computers then go hardware. And, I believe the president of the U.S. has the more “powerful” job. Don’t worry about “power”, worry about being happy. You don’t want to go to a job every day for 40 years that you hate, regardless of how “powerful” that job may be. You will only last a few years in a job you are not happy doing.
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