ECE or Comp Sci

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<p>Hello, I deciding on whether I should pursue an engineer degree or a CompSci Degree.</p>

<p>My goal is to pursue a high finance career but that could change in the next few years when I become more exposed to it. My school that I will attending is a non-target, and being in Canada might make it more an uphill battle.</p>

<p>My current choices are:</p>

<p>Joint Degree CompSci with Econ
Electrical Engineer
Software Engineer
Computer Engineer</p>

<p>I’m also interested in working in the Silicon Valley (Google, Apple), so which major would provide the best career trajectory?</p>

<p>I like to choose a science degree over an engineer degree in that it would allow me to take electives and giving me the chance to get a higher gpa. But ultimately, it will open up more time for me to network and do extracurricular.</p>

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Then I would suggest studying finance.</p>

<p>

Silicon Valley and the companies you named are all about software. If this is a goal of yours, then computer science clearly makes more sense than the others. Bear in mind that software engineering has enough overlap with computer science that the majority of software jobs will accept both.</p>

<p>But there is nothing in either of your listed goals that would ever make me recommend EE.</p>

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<p>Is the course load in Compsci lighter than Software? Would you recommend that then?</p>

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What I would recommend would not generally have any relation to the course load unless you indicated a reason why the course load would be an unusual issue.</p>