Engineering Majors?

[travis]

I'm not sure what you're asking me.

General basics of what? If one of your courses require you to use one of the more project-specific programs, they will most likely touch base on how to use it.

CAD you should know by now. You can watch tutorials on any other program you feel you should know?

You're confusing me with your mentionings of different disciplines. CS, I'm assuming Java is a must as I had to take a required course on it. Other than that, you would have to ask CS majors or EE's. Again, not too clear on what your goal is.

my apologies when I said "general basics" I meant the basic elementary programs that I should know , thts my goal for now .. to learn and get familiar with programs and fundamentals I'll need to use in the near future .

 

[sea manup]

What type of CAD software do you guys use?

What free software would you recommend for someone learning CAD for the first time?

 

[frenchbreadbuilds]

What type of CAD software do you guys use?

What free software would you recommend for someone learning CAD for the first time?

I've used autocad, solid works, pro/e and alibre. Solid words being my favorite and autocad being my least favorite. Unfortunately industry standard has been auto cad for a very long time and many companies still useit, including the company I work for now.

 

[sea manup]

 

What type of CAD software do you guys use?

What free software would you recommend for someone learning CAD for the first time?

I've used autocad, solid works, pro/e and alibre. Solid words being my favorite and autocad being my least favorite. Unfortunately industry standard has been auto cad for a very long time and many companies still useit, including the company I work for now.

i use solid works and its been great so far, what are your problems with autocad?

I have been looking at tinkercad as a free easy to use CAD program to introduce kids to CAD

 

[jon4rd]

I use micro station mostly at work (civil roadway design) and some auto cad

 

[capital sb]

I've always wanted computer science/engineering to be my career path but reading about the differences between the two have been a bit confusing ... is computer science more so programming where as engineering is building things tht integrate said programs . .. also math is my worst subject and a lot of people have told me to choose a different career becuase of tht ..

can anyone recommend me any books to read or sites to view , people to talk to , anything .. tht would help becuase I'm truly a beginner and feel like I'm already behind seeing tht I js turned 22

really would appreciate any help I can get from someone thts in the field becuase I have tons of questions .. thanks a million

CS & CE are the same at their core. Most schools CS is in the engineering department, so you take the same core classes (science, advanced math, econ, etc) . The difference in CS & CE is that cs is focused on software, design, and os. CE is focused on hardware. Most schools teach java for CS ( some do java & c++) . CE you will take circuit classes, assembly language (some CS programs teach this), the programming is mostly C & C++ and the programming isn't as intense. Honestly don't worry about the math in CS as long as you make it through the classes you will be fine we don't rely on advanced math that much. I haven't done anything math related since the day I finished my math courses. At my job we have mathematicians that do all of the algorithms for us. No big deal it's standard protocol in the real world. We focus on programming they focus on the math.

Also don't worry about being behind I didn't learn how to really code until my sophomore year of school. Unless you were into coding in high school most people are just starting out also. You just really have to grind and learn the concepts.

In terms of careers there is more demand for software engineers. Most CE students and coworkers I know ended up in a software position once they finished their degree. CS is an easier degree than CE and will prepare you much better if you just end up in a software position.

Humanities courses were the biggest waste of time but they are great GPA boosters

 

[limonyfresh]

Work with civil and structural dudes at my current office. One civil guy told me he started 50k right after school. This is south east though.

 

[limonyfresh]

Also if you get government work then learn MicroStation.

 

[yogurt]

CS & CE are the same at their core. Most schools CS is in the engineering department, so you take the same core classes (science, advanced math, econ, etc) . The difference in CS & CE is that cs is focused on software, design, and os. CE is focused on hardware. Most schools teach java for CS ( some do java & c++) . CE you will take circuit classes, assembly language (some CS programs teach this), the programming is mostly C & C++ and the programming isn't as intense. Honestly don't worry about the math in CS as long as you make it through the classes you will be fine we don't rely on advanced math that much. I haven't done anything math related since the day I finished my math courses. At my job we have mathematicians that do all of the algorithms for us. No big deal it's standard protocol in the real world. We focus on programming they focus on the math.

Also don't worry about being behind I didn't learn how to really code until my sophomore year of school. Unless you were into coding in high school most people are just starting out also. You just really have to grind and learn the concepts.

In terms of careers there is more demand for software engineers. Most CE students and coworkers I know ended up in a software position once they finished their degree. CS is an easier degree than CE and will prepare you much better if you just end up in a software position.

Humanities courses were the biggest waste of time but they are great GPA boosters

I'm going to disagree, you don't need math to be your strong point but it can't be something you are terrible at, or fear (this especially). Discrete math and algorithm analysis are tough, check out the Cormen Algorithms book and you'll see that it's a real pain even if you have the background.

I think just not being afraid to take on the math classes is what's important. A lot of people run from math like it's the plague but it is very useful, and math and CS have a lot of similarities.

 

[capital sb]

I'm going to disagree, you don't need math to be your strong point but it can't be something you are terrible at, or fear (this especially). Discrete math and algorithm analysis are tough, check out the Cormen Algorithms book and you'll see that it's a real pain even if you have the background.

I think just not being afraid to take on the math classes is what's important. A lot of people run from math like it's the plague but it is very useful, and math and CS have a lot of similarities.

I didn't say you could be terrible I said as long as you make it through the courses you will do fine , meaning at least a C. As long as you go to your schools free tutoring you will be okay with the math.

Algorithm analysis? Never took that class wasn't in my curriculum. Hardest math classes I took were Calc 2 and Linear Algebra. I still can't do an integral to this day .

 

[yogurt]

I didn't say you could be terrible I said as long as you make it through the courses you will do fine , meaning at least a C. As long as you go to your schools free tutoring you will be okay with the math.

Algorithm analysis? Never took that class wasn't in my curriculum. Hardest math classes I took were Calc 2 and Linear Algebra. I still can't do an integral to this day

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Yeah integrals are annoying, honestly just use a calculator, but it's definitely important to understand the underlying math. Knowing why things are is probably more important than knowing how to do them. Instead of the typical Calc 2 method of just mass-memorizing all the integration formulae, the key takeaway should be areas under the curve.

Algorithm analysis (called analysis and design of algos or whatever at different colleges) is a class in CS departments, but is mainly focused on the underlying math. Never took it, tried to self-teach it with the textbook, and got nowhere 

 

[capital sb]

Yeah integrals are annoying, honestly just use a calculator, but it's definitely important to understand the underlying math. Knowing why things are is probably more important than knowing how to do them. Instead of the typical Calc 2 method of just mass-memorizing all the integration formulae, the key takeaway should be areas under the curve.

Algorithm analysis (called analysis and design of algos or whatever at different colleges) is a class in CS departments, but is mainly focused on the underlying math. Never took it, tried to self-teach it with the textbook, and got nowhere 

I literally haven't done any math since those classes, so need for a calculator. The type of work I do I don't think the math is important at all. I'm 100% sure I will never do that type of math again in my life. If you go into a career that is heavily focused on algorithms that's a different story.

 

[frenchbreadbuilds]

I literally haven't done any math since those classes, so need for a calculator. The type of work I do I don't think the math is important at all. I'm 100% sure I will never do that type of math again in my life. If you go into a career that is heavily focused on algorithms that's a different story.

At my school all engineering majors whether mechanical, civil, chemical, biomedical, electrical, computer or engineering management had to take calculus 1-4 and 2 years of physics. Mechanical engineers had even more physics to do. Every calculus class was done without calculators and even though I haven't used calculus persay since starting my career, they didn't make us learn it because it was something we'd all be doing the rest of our lives they made us learn it because it changes and shapes the way you think and approach problems. Thought process and problem solving skills make up so much of what it takes to be a useful engineer. And that's also one of the reasons my school made us take many engineering classes outside of our own discipline. They were big on that. Probably why my school is one of the few in the country that offers a bachelors of engineering as opposed to a bachelors of science.

 

[bentrill]

For me the hardest part was getting passed the general courses i had to take. People say they are GPA booster but i just wasnt interested in those course and put little to no time. I still ended up with Bs and Cs. Anyone else have the problem were their overall GPA is lower than major GPA?

 

[capital sb]

frenchbreadbuilds Dang yeah I don't think I would have made it through calc 4 . I stopped at calc 2 and took linear in place of calc 3. I didn't do physics either i took chem. For CS it wasn't required we could choose between chem, physics, and bio but most took physics 1&2.

 

[frenchbreadbuilds]

frenchbreadbuilds Dang yeah I don't think I would have made it through calc 4 . I stopped at calc 2 and took linear in place of calc 3. I didn't do physics either i took chem. For CS it wasn't required we could choose between chem, physics, and bio but most took physics 1&2.

Yeah Computer science and cyber security majors didn't have the same requiremtns as engineers but computer engineers had to take the same core stuff i took as a mechE. Chem 1,biology and physics1 and 2 were all mandatory for us. We got to choose is we wanted to take bio 2 or chem 2 though.

 

[capital sb]

Yeah Computer science and cyber security majors didn't have the same requiremtns as engineers but computer engineers had to take the same core stuff i took as a mechE. Chem 1,biology and physics1 and 2 were all mandatory for us. We got to choose is we wanted to take bio 2 or chem 2 though.

What school do you go to? Cyber Security BS that's a great opportunity.

 

[frenchbreadbuilds]

What school do you go to? Cyber Security BS that's a great opportunity.

Went to Stevens Institute of Technology. In New Jersey.
A lot of my fraternity brothers that did cyber security are making bank right now. A couple of working for Google, Facebook, and firms in NYC

 

[agentorange]

Got a B+ in Physics 1. I am already dreading taking physics 2 because I hate electricity and circuits. Calc 3 should rip me a new ******* as well.

 

[frenchbreadbuilds]

Got a B+ in Physics 1. I am already dreading taking physics 2 because I hate electricity and circuits. Calc 3 should rip me a new ******* as well.

Calc 3 as in differential equations? The best advice I can give you is to make practice practice practice. It may seem overwhelming at first but every problem has 1 way it can be solved for the most part. The steps will always be the same. So do it until it becomes mindless

 

[agentorange]

Calc 3 as in differential equations? The best advice I can give you is to make practice practice practice. It may seem overwhelming at first but every problem has 1 way it can be solved for the most part. The steps will always be the same. So do it until it becomes mindless

No I dont think so. At my school civil's take the entire calc sequence and then take differential equations as a whole other course.

 

[frenchbreadbuilds]

No I dont think so. At my school civil's take the entire calc sequence and then take differential equations as a whole other course.

Really? For my school calc 3 is differential equations and calc 4 is multi variate calculus

 

[Junok]

Going on my last semester this coming Fall as EEE in Power, can't wait.

 

[bballermarkie]

Calc 3 as in differential equations? The best advice I can give you is to make practice practice practice. It may seem overwhelming at first but every problem has 1 way it can be solved for the most part. The steps will always be the same. So do it until it becomes mindless

No I dont think so. At my school civil's take the entire calc sequence and then take differential equations as a whole other course.

No worries Calc 3 and Diff EQ were wicked easy.

Got perfect scores on the second two tests for both classes

 

[yogurt]

That's weird

Really? For my school calc 3 is differential equations and calc 4 is multi variate calculus

That's weird, I always thought you take Diff Eq after the full calc sequence and sometimes after linear algebra.

I guess it depends on the school/professor, because some Diff Eq classes are really easy and others are a real grind.