454
What I want to become Vs What I do (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
73 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 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.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [+] -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?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 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.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent