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By and large, engineers have similar productivity levels. Slightly off-topic, I was told by an electrical engineer that in most engineering disciplines, about
by dkarl 18y ago
By and large, engineers have similar productivity levels.
Slightly off-topic, I was told by an electrical engineer that in most engineering disciplines, about 5% of graduates end up doing design work. The other 95% of engineers do support, quality control, sales, and other non-design tasks. (I have no evidence for this except one conversation. Support or refutation welcome.) By contrast, we expect most CS graduates to do design work. If true, this surely contributes to the unflattering difference between software engineering and other kinds of engineering.
- mixmax 18y agoDoesn't sound all that wrong. My dad is an engineer with a thesis in bridge-building, and the closest he's ever come to engineering is to draw up the plans for an annex to our house 20 years ago.
- tjpick 18y ago1. CS != SE 2. Graduates with engineering degrees are sought-after and very employable in many areas, because engineering is hard and the people who do it are smart.
- elai 18y agoTo be honest with you, the only difference w/ SE and CS at my school is that you take a few more science courses, maybe an extra math course, a DSP course and thats about it. And it's a significant amount more of stress. And I think you have to take less theory courses.