> The schools I'm looking at only offer Computer Science and Computer Engineering (no "Software Engineering" degrees), and I'm already sure I'm not interested i

> The schools I'm looking at only offer Computer Science and Computer Engineering (no "Software Engineering" degrees), and I'm already sure I'm not interested in a computer science degree. I have a software engineering degree. It’s essentially a CS degree missing a couple of 3rd/4th year courses (Operating systems and networking for mine) and has a couple of adjacent courses (project management and team stuff). The “degree in a related field” component of programming jobs is largely a filter, and has begun to have less effect over the last few years as non-degree-holding programmers have shown they can be quite adept at software development. CE and EE are hard work degrees. There’s lots of math, and lots of theory. I would study them if you have a genuine interest. I would not worry about the layoffs happening now. Software isn’t going anywhere. This is just big companies trying to appease Wallstreet. They’ll be hiring again in no time.