Is Computer Science the right major for me?

hfkjds
Tue, 11 May 2010 18:43:33 +0000

First I wanted to mention that IT makes a very comparable starting salary to CS, and has significantly more job openings from what I’ve seen. On the other hand, IT has less opportunity for salary increases, so the mid career salary is significantly less then CS. Computer Engineering is comparable to CS at both the starting salary and mid career salary.

I know quite a few people who started CS and ended up IT because they don’t have the math background. At least where I go, IT, CS, and CE have the same courses for the first 3 semesters(basic programming and logic are requirements for both), and it would probably help you decide.

Personally, I think computer engineering is more boring, but I like being able to see what I’ve made come to life and be usable instead of work on the AND/OR/XOR level(A very biased opinion).