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Prox:
Is it good/bad/average degree? What job possibilities would I have with this degree? I am aware that a lot of job possibilities might be different in USA then in here.
   So far the only alternatives that I can think of are electric/electronic engineering but it would be harder to study them and I'm not sure if it would be worth it in the long term. I'm also very much interested in hearing your personal experiences about collage/university degrees from those who learned something about them from interacting with the real world and those who are in/have finished collage or universities themselves. This could be a thread where we all could share our knowledge and experiences about job/collage/university related things.

blαh2355:
I don't know much about an Economics degree but this website gives a rundown about it. Seems like a good degree.
https://www.aeaweb.org/students/Careers.php

I'm planning to take electrical engineering myself and I have heard from many people that it is a hard subject. While it does make me worry a bit once I start taking the core classes, I still want to because I really like to work with electronic stuff. Earlier in high school I thought I would go for something in computer programming but I changed my mind around the last year.

What's surprising to me is that one of our valedictorians (we had two) in our class decided to major in writing, despite her accomplishments. It's really a matter of choosing what you like to work as versus job security and salary.

Prox:

--- Quote from: blah2355 on November 09, 2014, 12:24:11 PM ---I'm planning to take electrical engineering myself and I have heard from many people that it is a hard subject. While it does make me worry a bit once I start taking the core classes, I still want to because I really like to work with electronic stuff.

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I don't think I've really worked much with electronic stuff minus the time where I needed to do some shit with my PC. What exactly can you do or have done while working with electronic stuff? I'm asking this because my classmate's brother is studying electric engineering or something related to it, and I've seen his room and he had a shit ton of electric stuff that hes working with. I'm thinking that I might not be interested in this whole thing once I would start my studies although I don't think I could say that I would hate it just now.

coolzeldad:
I know a lot of exchange students that take economics, always wondered why it was so popular abroad. (Maybe because it deals with money? haha)

Engineering is challenging, you have to complete essentially most of what a physics major would, while at the same time taking engineering project courses which are usually very long and heavily involved where you usually work with others to solve a problem.

I find the software end of things more interesting myself, but only slightly, both are really fun in my opinion. Only because you get to create new things to solve new problems, and that it's constantly changing so that there's always something new to play with or solve.

blαh2355:

--- Quote from: Prox on November 09, 2014, 12:39:47 PM ---I don't think I've really worked much with electronic stuff minus the time where I needed to do some shit with my PC. What exactly can you do or have done while working with electronic stuff? I'm asking this because my classmate's brother is studying electric engineering or something related to it, and I've seen his room and he had a shit ton of electric stuff that hes working with. I'm thinking that I might not be interested in this whole thing once I would start my studies although I don't think I could say that I would hate it just now.

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I've only done really basic things and tinkering but what interests me so much is the way how basic electronic parts can interact with each other to create things such as a computer or a smartphone. It just amazes me the potential power you can do with electricity. Recently, I got interested in amateur radio and I'm aiming to get a license when I stop procrastinating. Knowledge of electronics and basic physics of it is pretty much required to have an idea of what you're doing.

Electrical engineering is actually a pretty broad topic and you can work in a bunch of different areas depending what you like. Wikipedia has a summary of it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_engineering

Since you're uncertain about the subject, maybe you could ask your classmate or his brother about electronics and see why he likes it.

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