<p>what do you guys think? computer science major or electrical engineer makes more money?</p>
<p>The one who is good at his job.</p>
<p>cs
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<p>way too many variables</p>
<p>Impossible to answer.</p>
<p>so, I assume the answer is pretty much equivalent…</p>
<p>I heard people say the CS jobs are going offshore. I am just wondering if CS jobs in the US are still secure and high-paid.</p>
<p>I mean it seems that EE jobs are more stable in the long term. Please correct me if you have a different insight.</p>
<p>As others have said, it’s impossible to say.</p>
<p>What I have noticed is that there are a lot more software jobs then hardware jobs around, and that a lot of people with CE/EE degrees end up doing software development, same as CS grads. So while the degrees may differ, a lot of the positions they will work in overlap.</p>
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<p>…and who has the more in-demand skill</p>
<p>Off-shoring occurred because CS majors drink mainly Pepsi so we outsourced the majority them to India while EE majors drink Coke primarily so we kept more of them here in the US and only shipped a couple of them off to China. Coke, like EE’s are just more well liked by Americans than those CS’s who prefer Pepsi.</p>
<p>^
Really? I know a lot of Americans drink Pepsi. Source please?</p>
<p>LOL</p>
<p>I think CS get outsourced because they drink only Starbucks.</p>
<p>Totally depends on your experience, the company you work for, and your status!</p>
<p>“I heard people say the CS jobs are going offshore. I am just wondering if CS jobs in the US are still secure and high-paid.”</p>
<p>No, CS jobs are NOT secure. Prof. Norm Matloff at UC Davis has done extensive research on this topic and you can find his fantasic H1B page here:</p>
<p>[Norm</a> Matloff’s H-1B Web Page: cheap labor, age discrimation, offshoring](<a href=“http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/h1b.html]Norm”>Norm Matloff's H-1B Web Page: cheap labor, age discrimation, offshoring)</p>
<p>hey thanks, Homer28, this is an interesting and informative article.</p>
<p>Glad you found it helpful. If you have the time, you can read Matloff’s prior articles and commentary below. There are literally hundreds of them so it will take a while:</p>
<p>[Index</a> of /~matloff/Archive](<a href=“http://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff/Archive/]Index”>Index of /~matloff/Archive)</p>
<p>In general, there are 3 disadvantages to pursuing a CS degree:</p>
<ol>
<li>Outsourcing</li>
<li>Competition from lower paid foreign labor (H1B visas)</li>
<li>Age discrimination (only 19% of CS majors are employed as programmers 20 years after graduation)</li>
</ol>
<p>@jwxie</p>
<p>I think the cola advertisement in The Invention of Lying summed it up best:</p>
<p>“Pepsi: For When They Don’t Have Coke”</p>
<p>and applying that same logic:</p>
<p>CS: For When an EE Isn’t around</p>
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<p>perp, by CE/EE, do you mean CE or EE degrees, or people with BOTH CE/EE degrees? Implied question: is there a hybrid degree around that combines CE and EE at the UG level? Where?</p>
<p>Hey roderick,
I thought Computer Engineering itself is already a combination of CS and EE, isn’t it?
so that’s why Computer Engineering major seems to get the highest paid?</p>
<p>Hey Homer,</p>
<p>The company that I work for can not find software engineers. They also only work in the USA, and they paid real good.</p>
<p>I call BS. Maybe the job requirements are too strict. Maybe the pay is not indeed “real good.” There is no such thing as a shortage. If you cannot find something. it’s because your not willing to pay for it.</p>
<p>CpE’s get more respect and are paid better because they like to drink RC, which is just more scarce and better than both Coke and Pepsi.</p>
<p>I second answer given by Boneh3ead.</p>