On Wednesday 24 Sep 2003 2:32 am, you wrote:
> Hi, all!
> I'm trying to decide which college to attend, and the decision has come
> down to one that offers Computer Engineering as well as EE, and one that
> only offers CE. I like the one with CE only better for a number of reasons,
> but I'm not sure whether this is exactly what I want to do. As the
> university explains it, CE majors "develop systems containing both hardware
> and software for embedded computer systems and real-time applications." I'm
> mostly interested in embedded systems devel., but on the microcontroller
> level rather than on the "embedded computer" level. I'd like to do both
> hardware and software design, not just coding. If anything, I'd rather
> place an emphasis on the hardware side. As many of you are PIC
> professionals, I thought I'd pose the question to you... Should I go for a
> EE or CE to be qualified to work on embedded systems?
>

I have been involved in recruiting engineers for embedded projects for nearly
20 years.  I have NEVER employed a CE graduate, they have insufficient
hardware knowledge to work effeftively in embedded systems.  My advice is go
for the EE.

Ian

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