Computer engineering will teach you that algorithmic complexity doesn’t mean squat if you can keep your data in CPU caches. The classic is any sort of connected

Computer engineering will teach you that algorithmic complexity doesn’t mean squat if you can keep your data in CPU caches. The classic is any sort of connected node algorithm (linked list, graphs) which are stored sparsely in memory and therefore do not effectively utilize CPU caches. I don’t know how it is elsewhere, but computer engineering here is regulated by the local engineering board — as the graduate can continue to become a professional engineer — and has much higher standards than the CS programs. I still don’t think computer engineering programs teach anything that you cannot learn yourself, but the base bar of what is required to get a degree is higher than cs where I am.