Borna
Industrial engineering or computer engineering
Dear my friends,
thank you for giving me your time. I really need help in the place I am right now. I really love being a CEO and having the control of a company or a factory, I love to build my own startups and company and I know that, that's what I really like and all the university courses are tools for me to achieve this position. If I want to tell you about myself, I'm an 18 year old student from Iran. Im between the top 250 students in whole Iran and with my opportunity I can apply to top universities in Iran. I have worked on coding and Artificial intelligence and I also have participated in RoboCup competitions. So it means that Im good at computer. But also I was raised in a family witch my father had founded a factory. also my uncles which Im able to continue their paths. Well Im not really thinking about working there, but Im thinking to build startups and these kind of things. Im between choosing computer engineering and Industrial engineering. Computer engineering because I know Im good at it but I know I may want to emigrate to other countries. And Industrial engineering because I can work in places from factories to startups and etc. my question is which one should I choose that will help me to build a startup (I mean such as amazon, uber,... ).
I was thinking about learning programming and while studying industrial engineering at the same time.
Sincerely,
Borna B.
#Computer #Engineering #AI #industrialengineering #IE #Technology #business
7 answers
Krista Eudene
Krista’s Answer
Good luck, and congratulations on your successes so far!
karthik M
karthik’s Answer
Where's your passion?
Does IE excite you, or is it computer engineering that most impresses you? Follow your passion. Spend time with people you admire. Ask questions, lots of questions. So many settle for a major, or even a career of "same old stuff," because they didn't take the time to explore, and find out which way their heart leads. One way to learn where your passion lies is to get an internship for each discipline, and see how it goes. We have an incredible number of interns pouring into NASA this month. Some will get to work on projects they were hoping for, while others may have to work in an area that was their second or third choice. But you know what? I've seen many interns who were so thankful they didn't get their first choice, because they learned their passion was elsewhere. Many interns go on to join NASA as a civil servant or contract employee, and never look back. Some learn that they don't enjoy the unknowns of a research environment. Maybe it's engineering in the private sector, getting knee deep in product life cycles that intrigues you most. Find out what gets your juices flowing, and then learn all you can in school. In parallel, do everything possible to get your foot in the doors that most interest you. Experiment. Fail. Try again. If you're not making mistakes, you're not trying hard enough.
Now, back to your question - You should prefer whatever field lights a fire under your behind. The people that do this will tell you their work doesn't feel like a job at all. It feels like a hobby. It feels like fun. They find it incredible that someone's willing to pay them to do what they do.
Why should you prefer industrial engineering over computer engineering? Honestly, only you can answer this question.
GJ van der Werken
GJ’s Answer
Even when choosing Industrial Engineering now (early on in your career), you will have plenty of opportunity to learn about computer engineering as well. After a few years of experience you may expand in a related direction like data engineering or electrical engineering. If you ambition truly is to become a CEO, I would advise to make sure you have a broad experience across many departments of bigger companies. The best CEOs I know have some experience and knowledge of many topics and disciplines.
It is easy and tempting to specialize but a (good) CEO is hardly ever a specialist.
pranab ghosh
pranab’s Answer
I would say its a difficult choice you have to make but you can chose Industrial and Systems Engineering, which actually has best of both .It involve both industrial as well as computer science, It can help you pursue your love for computers and also get help from your family about core industrial engineering,
But in the end it might be your decision whether you want to stay where you are or look forward to outside wherever few opportunities are there,
Wish you success.
Reddy Mallidi
Reddy’s Answer
If your goal is to become a CEO, you can choose either Industrial Engineering or Computer Engineering or even something else.
If your goal is to do a start-up, my best guess is that Computer Science/Engineering might provide more opportunities because of the explosion of automation (RPA), AI and rapidly evolving new areas within Computing. Having creativity and innovative mind is more important than specific education background through.
Good luck!
Venkatesh Dasari
Venkatesh’s Answer
"I was thinking about learning programming and while studying industrial engineering at the same time"
Marrying 2 would go a long way for your career and proffesion , every industry out there is ripe for disruption with automation and process innovation.Industrial engineering can be a domain where you want apply your programming skills to solve complex problems.
