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What I want to become Vs What I do (lemm.ee)
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[–] -2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Comp Sci is not engineering. Programming is not engineering. I don't mean this in an elitist way, it just flat-out doesn't fit with other engineering fields. It's firmly in the T area of STEM, not the E.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Computer engineering is not comp sci lol

    Computer engineering is the hardware level of designing and building computers, it might involve firmware depending on the job and the area but it's way closer to electrical engineering than software engineering. Software engineering is also very different than computer science.

    Software engineering is called that because it is the equivalent of engineering in software. You are engineering and designing a product/system. Computer science is more of the theoretical side, more detailed study of algorithms and math, etc.

    What do you think of electrical engineers? Is that "real" enough to be called engineering?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Computer Engineering is hardware engineering for Computers, with some programming. It's a child of Electrical Engineering, just like Electrical Engineering is sort of a child of Mechanical Engineering.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And at what point in Computer Engineering do you require a fundamental understanding of Physics like every other Engineering field?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    The part where you have to fundamentally understand how hardware actually works, ie how transistors, integrated circuits, and logic gates actually work on a physical level.

    You're thinking of Software Engineering, and even then you'd still be off.

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