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Having done > 70 interviews in my time at UW, most companies don't understand or care about the difference between Soft-eng and CS programs. I'd highly recommen
by reso 13y ago
Having done > 70 interviews in my time at UW, most companies don't understand or care about the difference between Soft-eng and CS programs. I'd highly recommend CS over Soft-eng, unless you like pain.
- DrSbaitso 13y agoThat may be true, but for a Canadian a big advantage of taking software engineering is that it makes it much easier to work in the US later. An engineering degree lets you easily qualify for the "engineer" category of the TN visa, but with a CS degree it's considerably harder.
- ppymou 13y agoI don't think it's that much harder as CS can easily apply under the computer analyst category for the TN visa.
- minwcnt5 13y agoCS grad here, I've obtained multiple TN's and it's no different. You just have to avoid telling the agent that your job involves "programming". It's just a technicality really, the language was drafted at a time when terminology was different.
- canistr 13y agoThe degree doesn't matter if your employer is hiring you for a position with "Engineer" in the title. This works both ways between Canada and the US.