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What are some of the top occupations for a college student majoring in Computer Engineering?

I will be majoring in Computer Engineering and am curious about the different roles I could fill with just this experience alone. #engineering #science #college-major #computer #math #it

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Joe’s Answer

Computer Engineering degree is more broader than Computer Science. When I was in college, I opted for Computer Engineering over Computer Science, partially because the math was easier! Srinivas is on-point: You can specialize in hardware or software. I personally went with Software Engineering over Hardware Engineering. Over here in California, both are strong industries and demand for both talent pools is high. I would presume the same in other states.

The degree creates a baseline. I've interviewed people who've had Masters in Computer Engineering and Computer Science. They definitely stick out and are the first my technical recruiter brought to me. I did the technical interview for my manager, since I was the most technical person. The roles vary but with that degree you can apply for any of the 4 tiers in the IT Support chart, from Sys Admins to IT Asset Managers. SDE (Software Development Engineer), SRE (Site Reliability Engineer), and SWE (Software Engineer) are viable but do note they are more biased towards the Computer Science degree, depending on which department you apply for (ie. Data Science). The degree will give you an edge over a candidate with no degree or a degree outside tech, nonetheless.

If you're interested in the software-side of the house (SRE, SWE, SDE, etc) then you can pick up a language (GoLang, Python, Java, C++, etc) to learn and do some fun personal coding project (ie making a meme bot) to upload in a GitHub or GitLab. Just mentioning you have a GitHub/GitLab repo as a new grad would spark interest in interviewers.

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Srinivas’s Answer

Congratulations!!!
As you work towards your degree, you will have options towards both Software and Hardware side of the technical field. Software side would include development, writing code, developing new applications, architecture, design of software systems for almost every walk aspect in daily life - education, healthcare, financials, automotive, next-gen smart phones etc..
On the hardware side, you could be working on next-gen micro-chips/peripheral devices/smart phone architectures - the devices the rest of world would develop applications upon.


Congratulations again and Good Luck with your studies! Remember grades are important :)
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Adhiragni’s Answer

You have a lot of options - you can apply for Software Developer, Web Developer, Project Management, Solution Architect, Systems Engineer, Content Developer and if you have interest you can also apply for Data Scientist and Architect.
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