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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Martinus on January 13, 2006, 04:23:18 am

Title: Hehehe
Post by: Martinus on January 13, 2006, 04:23:18 am
Stumbled upon this whilst googling for electronics info: Difference between electronic engineering and computer science (http://philip.greenspun.com/humor/eecs-difference-explained)
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Post by: Falcon on January 13, 2006, 04:36:59 am
I love happy endings...  :p
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Post by: FireCrack on January 13, 2006, 05:50:51 am
Makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside!
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Post by: pyro-manic on January 15, 2006, 07:09:19 pm
Justice indeed. :D
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Post by: Sandwich on January 15, 2006, 07:23:24 pm
It's like the engineer add-on to the famous "Is the glass half-empty or half-full?" conundrum. We all know that the pessimist thinks the glass is half-empty, while the optimist sees the glass as being half-full.

The new addition, the engineer, realizes that the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. :)
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Post by: Col. Fishguts on January 16, 2006, 06:41:24 am
Hehe, justice for engineers :yes:

Also, the picture on the right looks a lot like the semester project I'm working on.
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Post by: Styxx on January 16, 2006, 02:59:51 pm
And the lesson is, electrical engineers are bitter about making less money than computer scientists. :p
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Post by: pyro-manic on January 16, 2006, 05:40:46 pm
And the lesson is, electrical engineers are bitter about making less money than computer scientists. :p

I think not. Computer scientists are ten a penny, but chartered engineers are hard to come by these days. Or they are round here anyway...
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Post by: Styxx on January 16, 2006, 07:02:18 pm
I think not. Computer scientists are ten a penny, but chartered engineers are hard to come by these days. Or they are round here anyway...

Not here. Companies here fight over qualified Java and .NET architects, analysts and programmers. And electrical engineers end up having to get crappy jobs as phone company repairmen. :p
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Post by: pyro-manic on January 16, 2006, 08:26:19 pm
Fair enough. But here, graduate engineers earn more than anyone except lawyers and doctors. :)
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Post by: Styxx on January 16, 2006, 08:35:57 pm
Fair enough. But here, graduate engineers earn more than anyone except lawyers and doctors. :)

Interesting. There aren't many engineering courses at universities there, I suppose? Around here there are tons of them, and most of them are fairly easy to get in.
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Post by: vyper on January 17, 2006, 02:30:03 am
Come to Scotland we have more engineers than we know what to do with. Literally.
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Post by: CP5670 on January 17, 2006, 02:59:30 am
I will need to decide between these and some other options in another year. :p
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Post by: aldo_14 on January 17, 2006, 09:02:59 am
I think not. Computer scientists are ten a penny, but chartered engineers are hard to come by these days. Or they are round here anyway...

Not here. Companies here fight over qualified Java and .NET architects, analysts and programmers. And electrical engineers end up having to get crappy jobs as phone company repairmen. :p

Does that mean I should emigrate to Brazil?
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Post by: Grug on January 17, 2006, 09:14:28 am
And the lesson is, electrical engineers are bitter about making less money than computer scientists. :p

Here! Here! ^_^
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Post by: Styxx on January 17, 2006, 01:26:33 pm
Does that mean I should emigrate to Brazil?

If you want a job at one of the areas I mentioned, I could have one for you at Dell or HP the moment you arrive. Don't even think you'd need to know portuguese to work at either of those companies. Wouldn't pay much by UK standards, I guess, but it's quite good pay for local standards.