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udyCo
mput
erEng
ineer
ing
Computerengi
neer
ingisar ela
tiv
elynew fi
el
do fengi
neeri
nga
ndi
soneofthefast
est
gr
owingfie
ldstoday.Compu
t erengi
neer
ingisoneo ftoda
y’smos
ttec
hno
log
ica
ll
yba s
edj
obs
.

Thefi
eldofcomputerengineeringc ombinest h
eknowledgeofelec
tric
alengineer
inga nd
co
mputersci
encetoc rea
tea d
v ancedc omputersys
tems.Computereng i
neer
inginvolv
est he
pr
oces
so fdesi
gni
nga ndma nufact
u r
ingc omputerc
entra
lproces
sors,memo r
ys ystems,centr
al
pr
oces
singuni
ts,ando fperipheralde v
ices.

Computereng
ineer
swo r
kwithCAD(
comput
era i
deddes
ign)prog
ramsa
ndd
iff
erentc
ompu
ter
l
angua
gess otheyc a
nc r
eat
eandprogr
amc o
mpu t
ersystems
.

Computerengineersuset oda
y’sbes ttechnol
ogytocreat
et o
morro
w’s.Computerengi
neer
s
requi
reah ig
hl eveloft r
aini
nga ndi
ntel
li
gencetobeskil
ledatthei
rjo
b.A bac
helor
sd eg
ree
from acol
legeo runiver
sit
ywi t
hag oodc omput
ereng
ineeri
ngpro
gramcompu
tersci
ence
progr
amisnec essary
.

Theno nc
eemploy edthei
ru su
all
yi saont hejobtypeo ftra
iningpr
ogr
amt olea rnthe
cert
aintypesofs yst
emst hatwillbedesi
gnedandma nufa
ctured.Co
mputerengineer
sma j
or
studi
esconvent
ionalelec
tro
nicengine
eri
ng,comput
erscienc
ea ndma thi
nc ol
leg
e.

Theel
ectr
ica
leng
ineer
ingk nowl
edg
ethataco
mpu
terengi
neerpo
sses
s esa
ll
owfo
ra
und
ers
tandi
ngofthea ppa
ra t
usthatg
oesi
ntoacompu
tersothattheycanbedes
igneda
nd
bui
l
t.

Thec
omputerscienc
epa r
tgi
vesaengi
neermu c
hneed
edwi sd
omo nhows
oft
waremakes
co
mputersys
tem runandper
for
mt a
sks.Ther
ea reafew d
iff
erentty
pesofempl
oyer
s
co
mputerengi
neerscou
ldwor
kf o
rtoda
y.

Thef i
rstisforama j
orcomputercompa
nya ctu
all
yd es
igni
ngwh o
lec o
mpu tersyst
emsfors a
y
Compaqo rMa ci
ntos
h.Thent herear
et hetypet h
atwo rksforcomputercomponentssu
cha s
peri
pheralsy
stemsa ndmicro
chipssuchasIntel
.Thent her
ea retheeng i
neersthatdes
ign
ever
ydayelectr
oniccompon
entss uc
ha sbankma chi
nesa ndcel
lph o
nes.

Thejoboutl
ookofco
mpu
terengi
neer
ingi
sv er
yg o
od.Mor
ea ndmor
ecomput
ersyst
emsare
bei
ngcrea
tedever
ydayandthedemandfo
rc omput
ereng
ineer
sisj
ustgo
ingtokeepon
gro
wing
.

Somea
dvanta
gesofbei
ngaco
mpu terengi
neeri
sthaty
ouu sey
ourc
rea
tiv
itywh
enwo
rki
ng
onaproj
ectandc
anexpre
ssyou
rselfthr
oughthec
omputer
.

Anotheradvant
agei
sth
eg oo
dpa y,i
tisoneofthehig
hes
tpayi
ngfi
el
dsstra
igh
toutof
col
leg
e.Th ei
rareso
medis
advant
agesal
soli
kewo
rkingataco
mputeral
lda
ya ndbei
ngi
nsi
de
thewh ol
et i
me.
 d
isa
dvant
ageiswo r
kingonthesameproj
ectfo ral
o ngt
imea
ndtha
tc angetbori
ng
s
ometimesifyoudon’th av
eal otofpati
ents.Iwanttobeaco
mputerengi
neercaus
eI
t
hinkthatcomput
ersa r
everyi
nter
est
ingma c
hinesa
ndt h
eyar
ethewaveo fthefut
ure.

Ialsol
ikepro
gra
mmingc omput
ersandmaki
ngco
mpu
tergamesandsofo
rth.Iwou
ldliket
o
beac ompu
terengi
neerma i
nl
yc a
useIwanttodos
omet
hingonthecu
ttinged
geo f
tec
hnol
ogyandcomputer
sa r
et hewaytogo.

Co
lema
nGo
dsea
l.