i'm in my third year at the university of texas. i came in as an computer engineer and studied it for 2 full years. i was well into the upper division classes (thanks to multiple ap tests). i then decided to change majors to computer science, and haven't been happier since.
why change when i was so far into the ce curriculum? simply put, i wasn't happy there. i could care less about the inner workings of a transistor or about the electromagnetics of an antennea. instead, i'm now taking classes such as abstract data types, computer organization, and analysis of programs (the fun theoretical stuff) and i'm loving it.
bottom line is, don't do what the comanies are looking for and what others are telling you. fact of the matter is, you keep your grades up and you'll be hired regardless of your choice. do what you want to do. if you want to concentrate on programming (coding) and the science of programming (algorithms and theories), go with computer science. if instead, you'd rather build circuits, manipulate digital logic designs, or develop faster memory (for instance), then go with computer engineer.
by the way, don't be afraid to change if you find you're not happy with your initial choice. life's too short to put up with something you don't like. i changed, and it was the smartest decision for me i've made since college.
It seems to me (from what I've gathered of this whole fiasco) that Daily Radar is just trying to make Nintendo the bad guy in this thing. The fact is that they stole copyrighted stuff that they didn't have permission. They got called on it and to avoid the spotlight, they spin it so that it's big bad Nintendo's fault.
In all honesty, it sounds very similar to the whole Napster/Metallica thing... but I definitely don't want to bring that up.
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i'm in my third year at the university of texas. i came in as an computer engineer and studied it for 2 full years. i was well into the upper division classes (thanks to multiple ap tests). i then decided to change majors to computer science, and haven't been happier since.
why change when i was so far into the ce curriculum? simply put, i wasn't happy there. i could care less about the inner workings of a transistor or about the electromagnetics of an antennea. instead, i'm now taking classes such as abstract data types, computer organization, and analysis of programs (the fun theoretical stuff) and i'm loving it.
bottom line is, don't do what the comanies are looking for and what others are telling you. fact of the matter is, you keep your grades up and you'll be hired regardless of your choice. do what you want to do. if you want to concentrate on programming (coding) and the science of programming (algorithms and theories), go with computer science. if instead, you'd rather build circuits, manipulate digital logic designs, or develop faster memory (for instance), then go with computer engineer.
by the way, don't be afraid to change if you find you're not happy with your initial choice. life's too short to put up with something you don't like. i changed, and it was the smartest decision for me i've made since college.
good luck.
It seems to me (from what I've gathered of this whole fiasco) that Daily Radar is just trying to make Nintendo the bad guy in this thing. The fact is that they stole copyrighted stuff that they didn't have permission. They got called on it and to avoid the spotlight, they spin it so that it's big bad Nintendo's fault. In all honesty, it sounds very similar to the whole Napster/Metallica thing... but I definitely don't want to bring that up.