Before starting my software engineering (SEG) degree, I did some technical EE in Cégep [1] . We first learned assembly and coded in that for a year. Then we h

Before starting my software engineering (SEG) degree, I did some technical EE in Cégep [1] . We first learned assembly and coded in that for a year. Then we had a course of C and I was so confused as to why everything was push/pop at every call, when in most situations it was useless and seemed like a waste of cycles. Luckily, between this EE thing and my SEG education, I went in the army for 5 years so I forgot about this whole question and came looking at SEG with fresh eyes. [1] Cégep (they call it in Québec) is a mandatory step in between high-school and university. They offer pre- university training (2 years) and technical/skilled- worker training (3 years). In the case of 'technical EE', you spend 3 years doing that and you can go to a university for a EE/CEG/SEG[2] degree after (2-3 years), or just go work. [2] CEG; computer engineering, SEG; software engineering.