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what career should i get into

i enjoy building pcs and computer oriented stuff but i’m not sure as to what exact path i should take or what computer related career i should get into #computer-engineering

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Frank’s Answer

Good morning Jason,

How are you doing?

Rebecca and Zhou already gave you some good answers.

Building PCs is fun indeed and it is a very interesting field to work in. Depending on your interest, this can go into a support technician role where you build or fix client computers. Often times, people like to go into a more enterprise oriented role and fix servers instead at the customer side.

Even further, building PCs can be very broad, as basically everything is a computer now ;-) So, looking into networking or any other related field might be interesting to you.

Are you planning to study or do a diploma or an apprenticeship or something like that?

I'm more than happy to chat more about your aspirations :-)

Frank
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Rebecca’s Answer

Hi, I am delighted to hear that you are interested on computers. There are plenty of career that are computer related. In general, there is a computer has hardware and software. Both have different careers and subjects.
For Computer Hardware side, you can consider to be an Computer Engineer or Electronic Engineer, etc.
For Computer Software side, you can consider to an app developer, software developer, database administrator, system administrator, etc. You can also consider to be a system support, application support, etc.
If you are interested to build computer, it suggest you could consider to take Computer Engineering. Having said that, you better explore more on this subject and the work of being a computer engineer to determine that is what you are really interested. Then, you can pursue towards this goal.
Hope this helps! Good Luck!
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Paul’s Answer

Hello Jason, the professionals who have already commented have provided good points. I'll add that building and fixing computers is a good entry point to understanding how the building blocks of a computer interact. I found that useful when I was entering college, and it helped shape my interest in the electrical engineering major to be more geared to computer hardware architecture. As Frank mentioned, computer architecture exists in more devices than the typical PC's you have at home and school. You car, your thermostat, your Ring doorbell, your cell phone, your televisions and appliances, and more, all have elements of computer hardware inside them. If you like understanding how things work, and diagnosing why they don't, you may have the aptitude for engineering. It's a challenging course of study, with lots of math and science work required in the classroom, but it's a rewarding field for those of us who enjoyed building things and figuring out how they worked when we were younger.

Paul recommends the following next steps:

I suggest you speak with a guidance counselor (if you are in high school), or go online and visit a university's (one that offers an engineering program) website to learn more about the fields of study available and the typical attributes of their freshman students. Ask for examples of the types of jobs their graduates have gone on to work in.
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Zhuo’s Answer

I agree with Rebeccas, in addition, in order to better understand what computer engineering is you'd better find a related job to start with. For example, if you can find a job as a system administrator of your school's computer lab, you will get more chances to get familiar with what computer is and which issues/problems you will encounter when facing the stuff. You will get more insight and knowledge about computers and it definitely helps you to make the decision.
After that, I'd recommend getting into a college and major in computer engineering(or other, software engineering, computer science, etc.) is a good way to start your career.
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