<p>I’m wondering what sort of attributes/skills a person should have in order to pursue a degree in EE. I consider myself very good at math and logical thinking, and I get really excited when I get to organize things the way I want.</p>
<p>What do you think an EE should be?</p>
<p>All you need to do is just work hard, really.
All kinds of people make it through EE programs.</p>
<p>Look into CS for using your strengths in math and logical thinking. For EE you mainly need a lot of hard work and practice.</p>
<p>Well I was really considering Computer Science, but I decided not to because my brother (we are like twins, except for the 12 year age gap) majored in it already… so I’m thinking about pursuing EE… is this the wrong choice?</p>
<p>You could always try computer engineering. From what i’ve read, it’s essentially across between Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.</p>
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<p>Yeah math and logical thinking are totally irrelevant to studying electrical engineering.</p>
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I wouldn’t say totally, but compared to CS, very. </p>
<p>Computer engineering is a good blend.</p>
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<p>This is wrong. Have you ever taken DSP?</p>
<p>This thread is a disaster. </p>
<p>Professional EE here. The most important thing is that you must love learning new things all the time, and you must love math, and you should like puzzles. If you don’t love learning and love math, it’s really hard to be successful as an EE. I actually chuckle when some people complain that one of the disadvantages of EE is that what you know becomes obsolete rather quickly because technology moves so fast. Ha ha! To the person who loves learning, it’s one of the greatest advantages. Who wants to work on the same stuff for a 40 year career. </p>
<p>After that, you should want to go into a profession that allows you to work on developing the cutting edge of technology. </p>
<p>I view EE and CS as very similar but working at different levels of abstraction. Computer engineering is a union of the two that lives somewhere in the middle. </p>
<p>The way problems are solved is by breaking them up into smaller and smaller problems until they are small enough that you’ve seen the solution before and know how to solve it. That’s why real problems are very much like puzzles.</p>
<p>^ This thread is not a disaster, as long as people with real knowledge chime in. Same for every thread.</p>
<p>The EEs I work with have are mostly controls engineers. My opinion of them is that they are very practical, feel that everything has a place and that there’s a place for everything, and have very logical minds. </p>
<p>As a ChemE in development I get fustrated with being put in a box, as I am constantly instigating change and asking 1,000 and 5,000 foot questions. EEs annoy the heck out me. They are very rigid in their thought matrix, as it reflects LOGIC (all caps). They can’t imagine that there might exist other thought that can actually be logical, as logic is discreet… according to them. </p>
<p>While this bugs me I know that this is what makes them good at what they do.</p>
<p>Key Traits:
Math, Logic, Organization</p>
<p>Primary Skills:
Program Management, Facilitation, Troubleshooting</p>