Is electronics better or computer programming?

i cant know what to take in engineering?


what is better?


i like computer courses,math and circuits


i dont like physics

Is electronics better or computer programming?
I have a bachelors in Electronics and masters in comp. The reason i had to give you my background is because i had a similar (not the same dilemma as yours) dilemma.





Math is inevitable for you in both computer engg and electronics. So the ones that are left from your list are computers %26amp; circuits. My perspective is that, you can learn computer programming even while pursuing Electronics since computer programming has become a versatile field, where you can implement it in any other field. Moreover, when you are studying circuits, you will be dealing with Assembly language and object oriented programming anyways.


Ask yourself whether you like circuits a lot because electronics is not just circuits but you will be dealing with physics related subjects like electromagnetism, optics and so forth. You have to go to different college's or university's website and check out their syllabus. For example, if someone is interested in Astronomy, its not just about telescopes, there will be bind boggling math including advanced calculus in astronomy. Samething with any field. There will be few things you will be studying other than what you thought you would. Whatever it is, you must be the one to rationalize your thoughts and decide on the best choice. Dont choose a field because others told you to, but choose a field because you believe in it.
Reply:how much physics have you taken? A lot of people I talked to liked electric/magnetic physics more than the initial calculate the velocity of a watermelon shot out of a cannon ,blah, blah, assumption, assumption.





anyway, if I were you I would take classes that go toward both. Bottom line is, unless your in your late junior/senior year, no one expects you to stay in your chosen field (and even in junior/senior year people will still change).
Reply:you want money?, stick with programming. Do both,You can always major in 1, and minor in the other.....


Karl
Reply:computer programming skips the more detailed level of physics than is required for electrical engineers. computer programming is usually all "on-screen" work.
Reply:Well, if you don't like physics stay away from electrical engineering. The entirety of electromagnetic is physics based, semiconductor theory is physics based, but so was circuits (which you liked)....





What part of physics don't you like? The 'Jane the skater pushes a bucket of water at 4 C across a frictionless pond at 2.3 m/s, how much work was done by the penguin who watched' type stuff? Cause that stuff doesn't play much in EE (after you graduate), but the electric fields, em waves, and Gauss theory stuff does.





But short and sweet, it is easier to teach an electrical engineer how to program than it is to teach a programmer engineering.
Reply:It depends on what level of education you are talking about. If you are trying to decide what to choose as a major for a Bachelors degree program, you probably want to know whether you should choose Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science. If you don't like physics, avoid Engineering. Computer Science could be right for you if you like to create and work with software. There is not as much Math and little or no Physics in these programs, depending on the institution. If you don't want to pursue a four-year degree, you can get a two-year Associates Degree in Electronics, Computer or Engineering Technology and work in those fields with only a semester or two of basic Physics. Talk to (or ask Yahoo questions of) people who have these degrees and are working in these fields. What did they choose and why. What would they do differently and why. Good Luck!
Reply:If you don't like physics, stay away from electronics. In an EE degree you will get lots of it.





Programming is very transferrable to different fields, but is at risk of being commoditized and is easily off shored to other countries.





Some of the more interesting jobs in electronics are in RF circuit design, but competition is fierce and you must be very good.





As mentined FPGA design is basically programming with an understanding of circuits you are programming.





You should choose to study what you're interested in. It will be a lot less expensive in the end to study something you're interested in and will make stuyding more of a joy than a chore. I pushed through and finished my EE degree, but I never really enjoyed it much. It's tough to work in a field you don't really enjoy.
Reply:FPGA is a bit of both worlds, good answer!





If you go the Electronics route, beware of trade schoold like ITT Tech or DeVry as most of them do not offer transferable credits and they are not true "EE" degrees, only Electronics Engineering Technology", the Pic-n-Save equivalent to a true EE.


As a former student of ITT in the early 90's, I found the material to be grossly out of date (XT computers, degug and the resistor color code... ZERO mention of surface mount and other devices in mainstream electronics, not to mention the GUI based OS's like Windows and Mac that had been out there 5 years prior.





Either way, it will be fun... so ENJOY!
Reply:Why don't you do both? Embedded electronics with FPGAs is like programming with hardware.