NJ5 on 20 June 2008
| tsunan said: Any of the engineering degrees will get you a job. I got a degree in Software Engineering. The key part of that is the engineering if you want to be in demand for employment. Seriously the old joke has more than a little truth in it now. What questions you will ask based on your degree: Science - Why does it work? Engineering - How does it work? Liberal arts - Do you want fries with that? Psychology - Do you know why you want fries with that? A degree outside a technical field tends to put you on the standard track of going through several different careers through your working life, with each change typically being a time of uncertainty and stress. When times are good and new companies are starting up there are more HR director jobs to be found. When things slow down those positions stagnate as no one leaves them that has them. It's always best to be part of the talent pool and not part of the infrastructure pool. |
Agreed, but unfortunately in the Western world (at least in Europe), Engineering is a big no for most people because it requires maths and physics. As "we know", maths and physics are evil especially for girls. It's not the case in the East though, where being good at maths is seen as required for most students.
In my computer science/engineering course, there were 5-10% girls. In my girlfriend's computer science course (she's from China), it was about 50-50.
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