Seeking advice on changing major

NeoDymium
Wed, 17 Jul 2013 02:30:58 +0000

Yes, there are most certainly more CS jobs. There are also more CS students, and there are also many jobs that simply want any engineer. But what are you looking for?

Any job? You already had a paid internship and a second offer. That already gives you a big boost in the job search.
Stability? You won’t find it in CS. It’s pretty much the fashion business with computers - keep up with the latest fashion trend or you’re useless after 3 months.
Geography? CS wins here. Not to say there aren’t ChemE jobs all around, just that mostly the profession is geographically concentrated around resources.
Salary? ChemE is better.
Being able to do something “cool”? It’s like fashion - it’s a fad that dies quickly. It soon won’t matter in the slightest.

There are problems in every field, but your reasons for wanting to switch seem to be very weak.