[commandlinefan]

Unfortunately for us software types, somebody with an EE degree can go into software and then pivot back into RF engineering. I doubt that somebody with a CS degree could (as in, I think they'd be intellectually capable of it, but they'd never get hired).

[stiglitz]

As someone with a EE degree followed by 12 years of SWE work, that pivot is quite daunting. A degree is just a piece of paper to get you an entry level job to do some real learning IMO

[sitzkrieg]

i have done firmware development, pcb design and light ee work and basic rf and antenna design professionally with zero degrees. like anything else it’s a matter of getting your foot in the door first, then outperforming the academic nerds with zero experience

[oscillonoscope]

Why are people who don't have degrees always so weird about it?

[suburban_strike]

A history of being forced to overcompensate to assert themselves in spaces where they otherwise aren't taking seriously.

People that have multiple degrees are usually pretty weird about it too.

[sitzkrieg]

yea, so so weird about sharing how they’re optional.

[oscillonoscope]

That might be what you intended but saying "outperforming the academic nerds with zero experience" comes across as bitter and arrogant.

[mike50]

With the exception of firmware development those are all designer tasks that have never required a degree.

[sitzkrieg]

i have never seen any listings for any of these jobs not stipulate a degree being required.