Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!uidaho!groucho.mrc.uidaho.edu!windley From: windley@ted.cs.uidaho.edu (Phillip J. Windley) Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: Re: CS and CompE (was Re: most respected chinese SCIENTISTs) Message-ID: Date: 17 May 91 17:27:31 GMT References: <1991May12.224331.20754@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> <1991May14.190239.1330@cs.yale.edu> <13371@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <1991May16.202233.17134@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> Sender: @groucho Organization: University of Idaho CS Dept. Lines: 28 In-Reply-To: dwgordon@matt.ksu.ksu.edu's message of 16 May 91 20:22:33 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: panther.cs.uidaho.edu In article <1991May16.202233.17134@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> dwgordon@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Dwight W. Gordon) writes: windley@ted.cs.uidaho.edu (Phillip J. Windley) writes: >The biggest problem in my mind is that no one (faculty) I know feels >comfortable recommending that a student major in CompE. The problem is >that there just aren't that many jobs advertised for CompE majors. Thus, >everytime a CompE grad goes to an inteerview they have to start by >convincing the interviewer that they really do have the background to do >the job. Interestingly enough, the company that put so much pressure on us >to offer a CompE degree didn't even list CompE in the degrees they were >interested in interviewing this year. It's the same way here! Companies request EE's with extensive digital design and software experience, but they don't want a CompE! So, let's here it: Anybody in a company out there just dying to hire CompE's? Anybody in a school with a CompE degree finding jobs? -- Phil Windley | windley@cs.uidaho.edu Assistant Professor | windley@cheetah.cs.uidaho.edu Department of Computer Science | University of Idaho | Phone: 208.885.6501 Moscow, ID 83843 | Fax: 208.885.6645