Re:It's really experience(not the degree) that cou
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I don't know about that. My first year as a CS major, I learned more than I had learned "hacking" away on my computer all through high school. When I went to work as an intern after that year, I almost went braindead as my boss made me a glorified web page designer. When I went back to school as a CE major, I was thrust into the "fast lane" again. I worked side-by-side with graduate students and within 4 months, I had deleted Windows off my computer and replaced it with Linux, and picked up Perl on the side. If I had stayed on the workforce, I would still be a Microsoft zombie today. If you're serious about getting straight-A's, school can get you where you want to be faster than working as an intern can.
Re:Different Companies, Different Takes
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I'm a CE major working in a research lab at my school, where we're developing a hardware description language in Java. Unlike CS majors, I don't work to program; I program to work. I took over a project that another CE major left when he went to work for Intel for $70k a year. That's the *starting* salary for many CE graduates. Because CE majors understand the finer points of electrical engineering *and* logic design, companies like Intel will take a CE major over ANY CS or CIS major! For example, CS majors generally don't know how parasitic capacitance limits clock rates, and with processors exceeding the GHz range, CE majors who understand the analog side of things as well as the digital are very much in demand.
So what's the conspiracy? They ARE raking in profits, or else they wouldn't make the stupid game console in the first place! Sony will charge to maximize its total revenue. If this means charging more per unit than it costs Sony in research, parts, and labor, then more power to Sony. This is a sign that more people should be making game consoles like the Playstation, and try to get a share of the profits. Heck, I'm game. Anyone out there want to start up a game console business?
Let the free market speak for itself
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In what way are the auto companies keeping alternatively-powered cars out of our hands? If a car powered by alternative means were a viable substitution for a gas-powered car, then there would be a demand for such a thing, and thus there would be a profit to be made. The auto makers could care less about OPEC's cartel. The fact that the Geo Metro exists proves this point. So why aren't they making alternatively-powered cars? Because we don't want them! If we wanted them, either the current auto makers would sport a line of alternatively-powered cars, or firms would enter the market providing these cars, because there would be a profit to be made. This works because people covet profits. Let's not be too quick to judge the auto makers for our current lack of alternatively-powered vehicles.
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Two words: power supply.
I don't know about that. My first year as a CS major, I learned more than I had learned "hacking" away on my computer all through high school. When I went to work as an intern after that year, I almost went braindead as my boss made me a glorified web page designer. When I went back to school as a CE major, I was thrust into the "fast lane" again. I worked side-by-side with graduate students and within 4 months, I had deleted Windows off my computer and replaced it with Linux, and picked up Perl on the side. If I had stayed on the workforce, I would still be a Microsoft zombie today. If you're serious about getting straight-A's, school can get you where you want to be faster than working as an intern can.
I'm a CE major working in a research lab at my school, where we're developing a hardware description language in Java. Unlike CS majors, I don't work to program; I program to work. I took over a project that another CE major left when he went to work for Intel for $70k a year. That's the *starting* salary for many CE graduates. Because CE majors understand the finer points of electrical engineering *and* logic design, companies like Intel will take a CE major over ANY CS or CIS major! For example, CS majors generally don't know how parasitic capacitance limits clock rates, and with processors exceeding the GHz range, CE majors who understand the analog side of things as well as the digital are very much in demand.
I was a CS major at UCSB. When I transferred to BYU, I changed my major to CE, because we all know that engineers are the *real* studs.
So what's the conspiracy? They ARE raking in profits, or else they wouldn't make the stupid game console in the first place! Sony will charge to maximize its total revenue. If this means charging more per unit than it costs Sony in research, parts, and labor, then more power to Sony. This is a sign that more people should be making game consoles like the Playstation, and try to get a share of the profits. Heck, I'm game. Anyone out there want to start up a game console business?
In what way are the auto companies keeping alternatively-powered cars out of our hands? If a car powered by alternative means were a viable substitution for a gas-powered car, then there would be a demand for such a thing, and thus there would be a profit to be made. The auto makers could care less about OPEC's cartel. The fact that the Geo Metro exists proves this point. So why aren't they making alternatively-powered cars? Because we don't want them! If we wanted them, either the current auto makers would sport a line of alternatively-powered cars, or firms would enter the market providing these cars, because there would be a profit to be made. This works because people covet profits. Let's not be too quick to judge the auto makers for our current lack of alternatively-powered vehicles.