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Hey guys, I'm 19 and after a year of studying Applied Mathematics I decided to change to something more concrete and less theoretical (easier), I love math and physics but just letters, numbers and abstract things while fun make me feel like I'm missing out, I'd love to study it and focus on it if I hadn't the feeling that I need to do more and since I'm not a genius, it's no the best field.
My situation is the following, I'm from Europe college tuition is therefore quite cheap and I won't have problems with it. My college is top one in my country (and somewhere in the top 15 of Europe from what I've heard), quite old and uber theoretical, it has good partnerships and very good name in my country, but outside of it it's a bit unknown (at least compared to the difficulty and level of teachers) except for research.
I'm in doubt between Electronic and Computer Engineering and Computer Engineering (in terms of software). These courses will likely be both very theoretical comparing to most colleges. EE will be the hardest by far from what I've heard. CS one is quite good in terms of pay even without a masters, I can get just a bachelor and get a good pay, while in EE I need to get a masters to get somewhere (even though I think I want the masters).
The thing with CS is that despite being theoretical and being the best course I can get in the area it feels too strict and narrow, not sure if I'm under appreciating the field.
EE seems way more vast, I can go with energy, robotics, etc... and can focus my masters in CS if I feel like it.
I'm interested in space exploration and if I got a chance in that field I'd kill for it, but in general I want to solve problems, help people and be successful in order to keep attacking problems I see as important, environmental issues, automation and many other fields interest me as well.
Money and salary is important, because I'll most likely get a job after college and work on my projects on the side at first (if I have them), so I can't ignore that. But I mostly have to consider the skills I'll get from the courses and there I feel like CS is lacking.
I'm not sure if I'm seeing the world wrongly, but having the focus on hardware seems smart since it gives me a broader area to create solutions for right?
Thing is, sometimes when self teaching app dev (through tutorials and guides) doesn't work, I don't find the answer in google and endup with problems that I'm unable to fix, but then again, from what I've heard, most of college education is googling and stackexchange for projects, so maybe it's normal? I just need to get in an environment where I have more people to ask?
I also am very interested in AR / VR but I won't really get that from a bachelors.
I'm about to go to sleep, hope this post makes sense.
Thanks for your help!
My situation is the following, I'm from Europe college tuition is therefore quite cheap and I won't have problems with it. My college is top one in my country (and somewhere in the top 15 of Europe from what I've heard), quite old and uber theoretical, it has good partnerships and very good name in my country, but outside of it it's a bit unknown (at least compared to the difficulty and level of teachers) except for research.
I'm in doubt between Electronic and Computer Engineering and Computer Engineering (in terms of software). These courses will likely be both very theoretical comparing to most colleges. EE will be the hardest by far from what I've heard. CS one is quite good in terms of pay even without a masters, I can get just a bachelor and get a good pay, while in EE I need to get a masters to get somewhere (even though I think I want the masters).
The thing with CS is that despite being theoretical and being the best course I can get in the area it feels too strict and narrow, not sure if I'm under appreciating the field.
EE seems way more vast, I can go with energy, robotics, etc... and can focus my masters in CS if I feel like it.
I'm interested in space exploration and if I got a chance in that field I'd kill for it, but in general I want to solve problems, help people and be successful in order to keep attacking problems I see as important, environmental issues, automation and many other fields interest me as well.
Money and salary is important, because I'll most likely get a job after college and work on my projects on the side at first (if I have them), so I can't ignore that. But I mostly have to consider the skills I'll get from the courses and there I feel like CS is lacking.
I'm not sure if I'm seeing the world wrongly, but having the focus on hardware seems smart since it gives me a broader area to create solutions for right?
Thing is, sometimes when self teaching app dev (through tutorials and guides) doesn't work, I don't find the answer in google and endup with problems that I'm unable to fix, but then again, from what I've heard, most of college education is googling and stackexchange for projects, so maybe it's normal? I just need to get in an environment where I have more people to ask?
I also am very interested in AR / VR but I won't really get that from a bachelors.
I'm about to go to sleep, hope this post makes sense.
Thanks for your help!
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