I regret wasting time by going down the mechanical and aerospace engineering path. I always told myself I was going to be an Aerospace Engineer because I wanted to help mankind take a further step into space even though it was a tiny one. REDDIT and the ALIEN Logo are registered trademarks of reddit inc. π Rendered by PID 7720 on r2-app-07854421846b8f898 at 2020-12-02 13:48:31.397172+00:00 running 31b5616 country code: US. Engineering and CS are both meaty degrees. What a coincidence, at the end of my placement year (I worked for a high-profile motorsport team for a year) I toyed with the idea of switching from my CS degree to an engineering degree, although I decided I loved programming too much and stuck with CS (and graduated 2 weeks ago). Academically, I can handle things just fine. Computer Science vs Computer Engineering: Roles and Responsibilities One strategy for determining which path is right for you is to consider your career goals. I have been so much happier after returning to university. All workplace topics and questions asking for career advice must go into the Weekly Career Discussion Thread. Anyway, I ended up in a consulting firm (where I currently work). I found it all so interested and engaging. In short, you don't need to build stuff to do work in that field, which is one of the remarkable things about it. I will copy + paste though. Thank you. The last 9 years have been awesome. Mechanical engineering is a traditional discipline with persistent demand in the job market. In fact, I definitely want to do this all day, every day instead of what I am currently spending my time on (engineering). Also, only if you are lucky will you land your first job doing what school trained you for. Advice, suggestions, previous experiences, pep talk, anything would be nice. Some stuff is outsourced, but most is not due to coordinating things being difficult. The job descriptionfor both mechanical and computer engineers denote the creation, design, development, testing, and providing results with tools that are meant to provide comfort to the people’s work and lifestyle. 2 years out of school I'm working in software / controls. Switching from Mechanical Engineering to Computer Science: Advice please! And I'm not the one to usually stress over things no matter how complex. As a software engineer, I have to believe it's easier to move around between companies. In computer science, your bachelor’s degree is the degree that makes it possible for you to accept certain positions. I've been in the field for 4 years (2008 grad) and the amount of jobs that are out there for me to pursue is a little overwhelming. Think about what you want to do for the rest of your life (or at least for a very long time). Get an ad-free experience with special benefits, and directly support Reddit. Following this. Look us up your final year of school. I had to take a computer science class for EE at the community college since the class was full at the university. Computer science and mechanical engineering can be pursued as majors at public, private non-profit and private for-profit schools, which may affect program costs. Remember, the only thing that really matters is that you end up doing something that makes you happy and you will enjoy when you get a full-time job. [help] What can be the cause of these specks on this shaft? With both those out of the way, my advise is to do what you want. At university you learn a lot of theory and apply it in lots of sample problems. That said, I believe engineering is a meatier and more valuable degree for your interests. If you swap to computer science, you will achieve your goal with the added advantage of doing what you enjoy and being able to get a job doing what you enjoy. Very usefull as a programmer. In my case I was building models at 6 years old. Machine vision, artificial intelligence, etc. This is especially true for engineering. You do not want to be answering the question "why don't you have a college degree?" No posts about the 9/11 terrorist attacks. I make plenty of money and my degree and coding experience made for a segue into a great career, but if I had to do it all over, I probably would have chased down the engineering degree. It may cost you a year or two, but you have decades ahead to look forward to. During my second year of college, I decided to switch my major from Mechanical Engineering to Computer Science. [–]whycantiholdthisbass 1 point2 points3 points 8 years ago (3 children). After 2 years of answering phones I was moved to a development job. I have worked as a web coder (PHP/JS/MySQL/Markup Languages/etc..), a Java Programer, and have been payed at many of my jobs to do high level scripting. Also, given your engineering background, take a look at Cybernetics (may have some other names), it may just be the perfect compromise between engineering and CS. [–]dashdanw 2 points3 points4 points 8 years ago (0 children). Overly insulting or crass comments will be removed. Either way, you're still early enough in school where you won't have to worry too much later on about taking extra courses - especially if you use your electives appropriately. At least that's been the case in my experience. I agree that you should be doing what you know you like to do. I'm taking a summer job doing mobile application development (I am the lead). And lots of engineers do lots of programming. [–]Daroou 3 points4 points5 points 8 years ago (0 children). I wouldn't worry about jobs being outsourced. I'm a first generation student. I get the feeling that if your dig into FEA and/or projects in MatLab/Simulink, you will fall in love. I also needed a bit of time to teach myself things which were important to working in a professional team and to build up a bit of a portfolio to make myself more employable. I ended up making Mechanical Engineering (UW Co-op) my first choice, followed by Computer Science (a math degree at UW). My office provides services in vibration, acoustics and air quality. It's college, not a life sentence. Best of luck to you! Lead-in comments are encouraged to provide context to the readers. Multiple violations will lead to ban. I vote for you sticking with your degree program, and keep working on software on the way. No low-effort one-liner comments, memes, or off-topic replies. Advice, suggestions, previous experiences, pep talk, anything would be nice. Although this may depend on what you study. [–]Rankine 2 points3 points4 points 8 years ago (0 children). [–]nothing4me[S] 2 points3 points4 points 8 years ago (2 children). Maybe that will help clear up some things? Your DoD or NASA program can get its funding cut quite suddenly, and layoffs ensue. ME trains you to analyse and improve systems. Just make sure you know the fields you might be entering given a major and if they sound interesting or exciting then go for it. Robotics and FEA come to mind as fairly intensive for programming and math. One of my favorite parts of my job is banging out Python or Tcl apps to automate my work. Both degrees will prepare for challenges later in life. degree... [–]revmetals 2 points3 points4 points 8 years ago (0 children). I love everything about computers, technology, etc. Doesn't matter that it is in Mechanical and Aerospace engineering. You might have to work a bit harder but just stick it out and see how you can take more software courses. I used to be very strong headed and thought that my CSE training was a big waste of time, but the thing that I realized is that although the CSE programs at most schools might be a round-about way of learning how to program (since they're not really aimed at teaching you to be a good "programmer" per-say), if you try to learn in a job, you are going to be a capable but messy programmer, here's why: Most places I, and others I know, have worked work on what has been called a "rapid release" or in terms of Software Engineering an extreme programming system. However in your case your background has led you to computer science. The professor I had was very difficult and overqualified. Changing your career path is difficult. It sounds like you have more experience programming than most junior-year computer science majors. I still think it's a fascinating discipline and would be a great area to work in. Hey I am an ME major, I had a really good tech guy live across the hall (engineering floor ) from me freshman year. So, I am interested in it anyway! Also, classes like Digital Logic (which you only take in CSE, not CS as far as i know) I feel very passionate about since it basically teaches you how to design processors, and it give you tools to design creations of your own, and allows you to understand the amazing intricacy of what can be done during every clock cycle of a processor, a technology which we take for granted, which is really one of the crowning achievements of the past 40-50 years. Rendered by PID 7720 on r2-app-07854421846b8f898 at 2020-12-02 13:48:31.397172+00:00 running 31b5616 country code: US. I've done every single thing you just mentioned. Fold your interests together into something even cooler later, once you get more experience. They also don't have regrets not being CS or CE either because they admit that things they learned being ME and AE help them. There are tens of thousands of software companies though. There are a lot of things you will learn from having a focused education on any subject - Computer Science is not just "making games or websites or apps," there is an entire theoretical level you can get into that I find to be the really interesting part of the subject. Chances are you will still be trying to figure out what you want to do with your life and that's ok. Get experience somewhere and if you don't like it, move on after a couple years. When you get out in the world you are likely to be doing lots of site work, or perhaps you will be dealing with clients a lot, or perhaps you will be doing technical work but even this is so far removed from the kind of work you did at uni. Coding got old for me, and I am constantly amazed by my mech E friends' ability to create things. Then I hit a major crossroads when it was time to graduate. Computer Science vs Mechanical Engineering – Certification. I really wanted to get into software, so I took a job at one of our software vendors in the customer support department. But, it was an intro class, so I understand that. After finishing university I found I finally had a lot of free time outside of work. This last paragraph might be a shocker, but I'll tell you honestly that sometimes I HATE my major, it is severely interesting but its f**king hard! My father has always encouraged me to do engineering and get my education done ASAP and finish it as soon as possible. Which one will you get sick of first? I think I like things that involve the computer and its programming languages to solve problems. And yes, I realize I am still an undergrad, but I don't believe that makes my conclusions any less valid about the subject, since most of them were gleaned from talking to people who are older, wiser and smarter than me. Be brave and just do it (if you really want to ). I should also note that I had a very high GPA and had good work experience from when I was at university, so I had an edge over most of my peers as well. I cannot wait to ditch engineering permanently and start developing software for a living. I realized I haven't complained about what I'm doing at all and I feel so "in" whenever I am coding/programming because it allows me to think a lot and solve problems. Now working as a web programmer. www.osisoft.com. But a good engineer (software engineer included) will be kept around and moved to another program when that happens. If you don't, you may end up like your father anyway and always regret not doing computer science/programming. The point I am saying is if you are confident in your abilities then follow them. DO NOT DO IT. Carnegie Mellon University: CMU is a mid-sized comprehensive university with strengths ranging from the arts to engineering. Another important factor to consider is the amount of education you’ll need to be eligible for these roles. I liked every single project. But I guess all those cool jobs require you to get good grades and get a masters in engineering so those go out the window. I would also caution that computer science is also not sunshine and daisies as well. Let the be the primary driver for your decision. This subreddit is a perfect example. proves you're smart and be able to get the (getting the diploma) job done. Besides, there are probably many many topics that I've never thought of or considered. If you want to work as a web coder, go right ahead and drop out, no experience necessary, you can start at $25/hr no problem without a degree. Nobody says you can't change your mind after college, you just need to work at developing the skills to do certain work and have the drive to learn and improve at whatever you set your mind to. You're better off studying what you like. I have a ME degree, and I worked in a power plant, doing ME stuff for 2 years after school. I can pick up programming languages in no time, and I feel like I could be a complete badass at the theoretical level with my analysis background. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy. One difference is that computer science focuses more on the digital aspect of design and development while mechanical engineeringfocuses on the physical construction of the tools and techniques. But, a lot of people (some employers) seem to give met the excuse that because I don't have any computer science education. I'm told things from opposite spectrum all the time. You should probably go for whatever you find more fun and stimulating. TL;DR - There's a whole world beyond app development, CS can help with space travel, do what you love. Here is a list of Allen's Qualifications: • BS Mechanical Engineering, 7 years manufacturing experience in process improvement, project engineering … It would be fantastic if I could do this all day every day. My mom's health was on a noticeable decline and I wanted to stay close by. I program/code/make websites as a hobby all the time because I like doing that kind of stuff. NASA needs programmers too. I'm told things from opposite spectrum all the time. So, should you make the switch? However, (in Australia at least), it is extremely difficult to get a job in aerospace engineering. I've always loved trying new languages and frameworks too. Press J to jump to the feed. I get through it all, even got through a 21 credit semester once... but I sort of didn't like it because I wasn't doing anything with it. Don't worry about your job getting outsourced when you're not even in the workplace yet. use the following search parameters to narrow your results: If you see any post or comment that violates these rules, please report it so the moderators can respond in a timely manner. If you want to program and "intermediate"ly hard language such as Objective-C for iPhone, or Ruby on Rails for web frameworks, a lot of employers like to see a degree, not that you wont be able to find a job eventually, but you will most likely take a pay hit. Everyone tells me that engineering has lots of job security and that computer science/software/web development is being outsourced. However, if you want to advance very fast, you need to add at least a master’s degree. Also, you will most likely have to learn new skills for every new project you do, regardless of how much you learned in college. It is designed to give you a base to learn from when you try to do actual work. To add to that, CS majors don't have the background and systems modeling knowledge to do these things as well as an engineering major can. So, I don't think I should do that. Either way he dropped out halfway into his second year to pursue his website making and coding. So, I don't think I should do that. I also made the switch to Computer Science (from Chemistry) and I loved it. If you really want to switch to CS, go for it, with a caveat that I've received from some good friends of mine who just graduated with BSes in CS and one MS: you don't need to have a whole lot of formal education in CS to do CS. So you're not going to be designing a control system before you've taken a controls course, you're not going to be designing a cooling system before you've taken heat transfer, and you're not going to be designing an airfoil before you've taken fluid dynamics. The demand for Data Science professionals is at a record-breaking height at present. If you don't want to waste time going down the wrong path, then it is good you are trying to decide now. I did an Engineering Physics with a mechanical option degree. I was mostly just critiquing only linking to an article without putting any personal insight along with it since I think OP was going for a more personal level of advice, so I appreciate the reply. If you are so worried about engineering not being in your life, don't switch to CompSci, switch to Software Engineering. I've got a couple years of very solid product design experience that can't be beat (well, mechanically at least), and a degree in ME. If you are thinking about it so seriously, it's because you really want to do it. I'd also like to point out that just because you're working in Computer Engineering, that doesn't mean you can't help out with advancing humans in space exploration. I program/code/make websites as a hobby all the time because I like doing that kind of stuff. This includes YouTube channels, blogs, etc. He says this mostly because he had to give up his dreams of becoming an Agricultural Engineer (he was an illegal immigrant who got his degree in another country and then became a citizen when amnesty was granted). You can always hire on at an aerospace company too some day as a software engineer. Be brave. Pick an engineer from the list of volunteers below and send him or her a PM indicating that you would like to conduct an interview: and join one of thousands of communities. So I decided to go to graduate school for mechanical and aerospace engineering. This is true for all majors so it bears to keep that in mind. Then he got married and had me and my siblings... so he never got to do that. Switching from chemical engineering to computer science? I don't know. Finally, if you want to get into Software Engineering or any type of engineering related programming you are going to NEED a degree. First, thank you for taking the time to reply to me! r/engineering is a forum for engineering professionals to share information, knowledge, experience related to the principles & practices of all types of engineering: civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, aerospace, chemical, computer, environmental, etc. As I am someone who is interested in more technical work, I hope it is easy to appreciate that only the latter is of any real interest to me. Do you want to apply your programming in the aerospace engineering field, or in programming business apps, web apps, or games, or what? In all fairness, plenty of good and good paying job opportunities exist in both fields, but, IMO ME offers a broader road and more secure future. I can't think straight right now and couldn't sleep all last night because it feels so stressful thinking about switching. Even cooler later, once you get more experience to usually stress over things no how. 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