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Old 08-21-2014, 08:31 AM
 
Location: Texas
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Are you currently employed? If so, I'd go chat with a manager in your company's IT department and see what they say.

At the last company I worked, we had many engineers and scientists who transitioned into IT. They offered a type of experience that those of us with straight MIS/CS degrees didn't have, i.e., they knew exactly how our internal clients were doing their jobs and what they needed to be more successful.

Even if this isn't an option at your current company, this is a good way to sell yourself when looking for a job.
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Old 08-21-2014, 09:18 AM
 
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Hi,

I hope I could get some guidance on a new career path. I'm very dissatisfied with my current career path (Automation and Controls) and would like to get into a new one. I'd like an entry level computer programming position but have no work experience in it. I went to college for electrical engineering and took 3 computer programming courses - 2 in C++ and one in Visual Basic. I acquired other skills in things like assembly and other electrical engineering specific programming tools also. I was pretty good at those courses and any programming you put in front of me. Note, this was several years ago so I'm not as proficient in them any more. I graduated 3 years ago.

Without going back to college or spending a lot of money at a trade school, how can I break way into the industry and get a decent entry level job considering my inexperience?

This is a very weird thread. You're talking about two different things. You're asking about entry level computer programing position on hand but saying you have skills in assembly on the other. CS degree don't usually work with assembly that's more of CE so that wont help you. It seems you're skills are more suitable for Hardware specific programing nothing wrong with that. You can still work in programing as an EE on the hardware side. You work in Automation and Controls you should know how to program RTUs and PLCs.
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Old 05-13-2015, 06:32 PM
 
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To clarify, I do have an electrical engineering degree.

As the last poster mentioned, I learned programming skills mainly used in hardware related applications. I'd like to transition to software focused, program development.

I've worked with PLCS but I didn't enjoy that kind of programming.

I may just go back to college and earn a masters in either computer science or software engineering instead
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Old 05-13-2015, 07:48 PM
 
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To clarify, I do have an electrical engineering degree.

As the last poster mentioned, I learned programming skills mainly used in hardware related applications. I'd like to transition to software focused, program development.

I've worked with PLCS but I didn't enjoy that kind of programming.

I may just go back to college and earn a masters in either computer science or software engineering instead
A degree in software will not help you much if you want to be a computer scientist.
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Old 05-16-2015, 11:35 PM
 
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Go to a coding bootcamp like App Academy, Hack Reactor or Dev Bootcamp.
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