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Originally Posted by platon20
I'm a former electrical engineer, now a doctor.
I'm going to go on a side rant here.
The word "engineer" is being completely overused.
It used to mean the application of math/science to problem solving, but now "engineering" means the creation of anything, without any relevance to science or math.
I'm sorry but software "engineering" is really computer programming, not engineering. You need ZERO math skills to write code.
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Yes I agree that the word "engineer" has been badly watered down from what it used to mean.
For a while everyone got called an "engineer"....like sanitation engineer (garbage man).
When I was in college and had to choose my major there was CS in the College of Engineering and CS in the College of Business. Getting a CS degree from the College of Business was much easier.
I had to take a lot of EE classes to gain knowledge of the hardware as well as the software to make it work.
I chose the College of Engineering and had plenty of required Math courses, including theory courses.
My younger brother chose College of Business when he pursued his degree.
He ended up working with data centers, choosing applications, etc.
I ended up doing systems programming (chip bringup), device drivers, etc.
Both of us had CS degrees but from different Colleges which produced different types of skill sets.
I don't know if that is still the same today though.