> ... most hardware companies hire only Computer Engineers for low-level programming work (among other things). I have a computer engineering degree—I will che

> ... most hardware companies hire only Computer Engineers for low-level programming work (among other things). I have a computer engineering degree—I will cheerfully work with anybody who can get the job done. EE, CS, physics, you name it. My experience has been that low-level skills are only weakly correlated with degree. You want the person who was writing device drivers in high school.