Double-sigh! This website here said "News for Nerds". Where's the newsworthiness here?...a new microsoft worm coming 'round is about as likely as things falling downhill or a pig inside a Boeing 747 flying.
Please schedule false alarms for the beginning of each month like everybody else.
What Shannon did for science helped convince
me to stick with a lot of my theoretical work.
He was a truly inspiring and committed person
and his death greatly saddens me.
Computer science degrees (compared
to computer engineering degrees) are
great for
* entry level jobs
* easy (if you can already program and can
absorb bits of theoretical esoterica, it's
a cakewalk)
Computer engineering is good for
* being a "professional engineer" (www.nspe.org)
(although they are finally allowing
different ways to get this title)
* being an engineer (learning how to get
the bridge built right THE FIRST TIME)
I say all this as a comp. sci. guy. If
I had to do it over again, I would have
done electrical engineering or civil
engineering.
Remember, a degree is just a label that
gives you a few perks for getting hired
in more circumstances than currently
available. The real question is, what
circumstances would you most want
to work in?
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Double-sigh! This website here said "News for Nerds". Where's the newsworthiness here? ...a new microsoft worm coming 'round is about as likely as things falling downhill or a pig inside a Boeing 747 flying.
Please schedule false alarms for the beginning of each month like everybody else.
What Shannon did for science helped convince me to stick with a lot of my theoretical work. He was a truly inspiring and committed person and his death greatly saddens me.
Thank you Claude Shannon for all you did.
Computer science degrees (compared to computer engineering degrees) are great for * entry level jobs * easy (if you can already program and can absorb bits of theoretical esoterica, it's a cakewalk) Computer engineering is good for * being a "professional engineer" (www.nspe.org) (although they are finally allowing different ways to get this title) * being an engineer (learning how to get the bridge built right THE FIRST TIME) I say all this as a comp. sci. guy. If I had to do it over again, I would have done electrical engineering or civil engineering. Remember, a degree is just a label that gives you a few perks for getting hired in more circumstances than currently available. The real question is, what circumstances would you most want to work in?