C-Lo
What do you do in the course? Is there any math required? What jobs does it offer? And whats the salary and hourly wage? And Benefits? Do you recommend it?
Also include other important info.
Answer
Computer Technology - CPT) prepares students for existing and emerging jobs and careers in the application of information systems and technology to plan, analyze, design, construct, maintain, and manage
Software Development
Systems Integration
Data Management
Computer Networks
In addition, CIT is developing courses in the following signature areas:
Cyberforensics
Biomedical Informatics
High Performance Computing
Information Security
Wireless Networking
Maths realyy is a prerequsite
Salary between $30000 - $200000
Computer Technology - CPT) prepares students for existing and emerging jobs and careers in the application of information systems and technology to plan, analyze, design, construct, maintain, and manage
Software Development
Systems Integration
Data Management
Computer Networks
In addition, CIT is developing courses in the following signature areas:
Cyberforensics
Biomedical Informatics
High Performance Computing
Information Security
Wireless Networking
Maths realyy is a prerequsite
Salary between $30000 - $200000
questions about computer engineering?
James
I'm 16 and I want to be a computer engineer/software engineer. I love computers and research them constantly. I know hardware components by heart and know how to build computers. I just want to know a little more about the field. Is the job hard? What are the benefits? How much do you get paid? Is it a stressful job with long hours? How was your experience learning it in college? Thanks for the info :)
Also, what's a good path do follow? What should I study in college? Are there any things I can do now to prepare?
Answer
Computer engineering is just a little bit more in depth than just building computers. Some of it involves understanding how each part works and how to make the parts talk to each other in different ways. Some of it involves programming to make computer parts talk to each other. Some of it involves system design, where you are actually designing the computer itself -- not picking out which components, but actually writing what each instruction does and how each instruction is executed.
The job comes with a lot of frustration because the trouble with computers is that they do exactly what you tell them, not what you want them to do. You often don't even really know what it is you're telling the computer to do when you start writing code, as you don't always know what goes on under the code (e.g. memory management, garbage collection, how does the algorithm actually work, etc.) But at the same time it's really rewarding because you get to see your work, well, work.
Computer engineering is an in-demand field. Typical starting salaries are in the $60,000/yr range, and there are plenty of jobs available, plus they usually come with a full range of benefits including health insurance, employee stock purchasing, retirement plans, employee discounts if you work somewhere that sells consumer stuff (such as Intel, getting discounts on Intel brand parts), and anything else that would make your liberal arts major friends jealous.
The hours depend on what kind of job. Some are salaried and have very flexible hours but expect a lot of results, some are pretty strict on time and you have to punch a time card, and a few even require odd hours, particularly if your job entails using heavy-duty computing hardware or 24-7 equipment support.
I went for electrical engineering, which is similar to computer engineering but with less focus on computers and more focus on physics. My brother is a software engineer with a degree in computer science, and my brothers in law all have computer engineering degrees.
What should you study in college? There's a computer engineering major. If you're more interested in coding, there is a computer science or software engineering major, and if you're more interested in antennas and wireless communications or more general electronics then you may want to consider electrical engineering. All of these choices open the door to computer engineering jobs.
What can you do now to prepare? Take math and science and programming. The engineering disciplines require an extensive amount of mathematics -- 2 or 3 semesters of calculus, plus linear algebra and ordinary differential equations. They also require 2 semesters of calculus-based physics (classical mechanics and electromagnetics). You will also be required to take at least 2 classes that are purely just programming (object oriented programming and computer systems). If you go for computer engineering then you will also have to take discrete mathematics (math for programming, such as graph theory, set theory, predicate calculus and computational grammar for interpreting instructions) and an additional software engineering class. All of this is before you can get into the real meat of computer engineering.
But don't be intimidated. It's all just another system you can figure out, and you'll be shown along the way how everything works.
Computer engineering is just a little bit more in depth than just building computers. Some of it involves understanding how each part works and how to make the parts talk to each other in different ways. Some of it involves programming to make computer parts talk to each other. Some of it involves system design, where you are actually designing the computer itself -- not picking out which components, but actually writing what each instruction does and how each instruction is executed.
The job comes with a lot of frustration because the trouble with computers is that they do exactly what you tell them, not what you want them to do. You often don't even really know what it is you're telling the computer to do when you start writing code, as you don't always know what goes on under the code (e.g. memory management, garbage collection, how does the algorithm actually work, etc.) But at the same time it's really rewarding because you get to see your work, well, work.
Computer engineering is an in-demand field. Typical starting salaries are in the $60,000/yr range, and there are plenty of jobs available, plus they usually come with a full range of benefits including health insurance, employee stock purchasing, retirement plans, employee discounts if you work somewhere that sells consumer stuff (such as Intel, getting discounts on Intel brand parts), and anything else that would make your liberal arts major friends jealous.
The hours depend on what kind of job. Some are salaried and have very flexible hours but expect a lot of results, some are pretty strict on time and you have to punch a time card, and a few even require odd hours, particularly if your job entails using heavy-duty computing hardware or 24-7 equipment support.
I went for electrical engineering, which is similar to computer engineering but with less focus on computers and more focus on physics. My brother is a software engineer with a degree in computer science, and my brothers in law all have computer engineering degrees.
What should you study in college? There's a computer engineering major. If you're more interested in coding, there is a computer science or software engineering major, and if you're more interested in antennas and wireless communications or more general electronics then you may want to consider electrical engineering. All of these choices open the door to computer engineering jobs.
What can you do now to prepare? Take math and science and programming. The engineering disciplines require an extensive amount of mathematics -- 2 or 3 semesters of calculus, plus linear algebra and ordinary differential equations. They also require 2 semesters of calculus-based physics (classical mechanics and electromagnetics). You will also be required to take at least 2 classes that are purely just programming (object oriented programming and computer systems). If you go for computer engineering then you will also have to take discrete mathematics (math for programming, such as graph theory, set theory, predicate calculus and computational grammar for interpreting instructions) and an additional software engineering class. All of this is before you can get into the real meat of computer engineering.
But don't be intimidated. It's all just another system you can figure out, and you'll be shown along the way how everything works.
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