/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9084363
>Apart from that every good engineer I know does research and/or builds shit apart from regular schoolwork.

This is actually one of the biggest disadvantages of EE.

In CS, for example, anyone can sit down and just code shit as a side project and perhaps make a really solid product in just about any subfield, from OS to security to networking to algorithms to cryptography to computational geometry and more.

Let's say you're a EE that's into solid-state and semiconductors, or just even circuits. Better have your own toy fab to play around with, or get some serious money to tape out your own designs. Or maybe you're into RF/microwave. Well, oscilloscopes aren't exactly very cheap and easily accessible, especially as you go up the frequency spectrum. If you're into power maybe you can make a turbine for shits and giggles. But that's just messy as fuck and takes too much space.

The only side projects you can feasibly do in EE as a reasonably normal person are in control (like programming PIDs, or just shitty arduinos/raspberry pi) or digital signal processing. So basically programming.

There's a reason why hardware startups are few and far in between, you know.

>Don't blame the system that your idea of being an engineer is getting a BS.

Depends on the type of engineering you're talking about. If you count CS as engineering, then a BS is certainly sufficient. I know /sci/ loves to shit on code monkeys but the skill to income ratio is higher in web dev than any field in EE.

>have to go over calculus up until differential equations within 2-3 months
>Total time: 2 years
good luck senpai