The infamous dispute in the tech community. I do my best to explain the differences and help you decide which one is better ( hardware is more fun :)
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@swagermaster8573 Жыл бұрын
I love both equally, i would be too bored to only code so i chose computer engineering which in my opinion is the best major since it has both comp science and electrical engineering concepts
@illusive_agent Жыл бұрын
It was way too hard of a choice for me. So now I spend most of my time studying both.
@bedonasser7472 Жыл бұрын
Is it still hard ?...how much time u spend in one of the two?
@illusive_agent Жыл бұрын
@@bedonasser7472 It takes up most of my time. I go to uni for software so I have to use my free time to learn hardware engineering online. And some parts are hard but I eventually get through them. I should’ve done it the other way around because I probably won’t get a job in hardware by being self taught but it’s doable in software.
@ahopefiend1867 Жыл бұрын
so you picked hardware.
@illusive_agent Жыл бұрын
@@ahopefiend1867 I rather a job in hardware now but I study computer science at uni. So I messed up because even tho I self learn hardware engineering, they are more strict with degrees.
@st4yclutch391 Жыл бұрын
@@illusive_agentshould have taken EE u could have had both fields
@magnuswootton6181 Жыл бұрын
hardware is making the computers, software is using the computers!
@McFlashh Жыл бұрын
Hardware engineers have harder lives than software engineers, software engineers have softer lives than hardware engineers. It's all in the name.
@maamounbenaz4059Күн бұрын
Omg what a response 😅😂
@HamdiFa5 ай бұрын
I have a master's degree in Electronics... However I am a deep software guy and i realized that while doing my project in my master's degree when i had to create an app that went along side with my electronics. Today I have learned Data Structures, Machine learning, Website/App Development and as an added benefit I know electronics as well. While working as a hardware engineer i needed to know a lot of physical calculations to estimate SNR, Gains, Amplification..... While working as a software engineer I needed to use a lot of logic and flowcharts. I feel software can get very brainstormy but as a hardware engineer you just need to be good in physics. Plus i felt more like a scientist working as a hardware engineer.
@socialpundit_19 ай бұрын
Love hardware too, that's why I've chosen to study computer hardware engineering and one day work as a digital circuit designer.
@aleksgornik9 ай бұрын
Love that
@Caveyy Жыл бұрын
I prefer hardware too but I do want a job right out of college so I can apply for a software remote job and then always transfer my job to hardware later on because I’m gonna study general computer engineering so I’ll learn both software and hardware
@duckwithdrum7 ай бұрын
Im currently in college wanted to do Cyber security but after year or two I realized this isnt what I want and struggling to either continue through this or switch. But this video did help me decide more towards hardware
@handsomebon9 ай бұрын
Thank you your video have made me feel more comfortable of my decision to go with EE while most ppl around me study CS because of the same reason about the other work i might be able to do rather than sitting all day in front of a computer screen.
@aleksgornik9 ай бұрын
I am at your service !
@HassanSazid1110 ай бұрын
omg this is my reasoning behind choosing Electronics engineering instead of CS
@aleksgornik10 ай бұрын
yes sirrr
@user-ru9ke8mr4l5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much bro❤ I'm a high school science student in the Gambia and I have a passion for hardware engineering, this video is really helpful for me 😊
@adaxer785sk2Ай бұрын
I had this tought decision and I picked EE. The fact that EE deals in digital design with literally transistors(Logical gates) can set up a deep knowledge of low level programming which can be used as ladder to high level programming languages. Also it provides knowledge in more core electronics disciplines. From another point of view, EE classes cointain more math than CS/SWE degree. Thats why I think can be a great set up for mastern in artifical intelligence, why also mastering embedded systems and electronics. I just see EE as great starting point to many tech EE-ECE-CS-SWE jobs. Knowing how to programm just alone is going to be replaced by AI, since it doesnt require that much logical analysis if you really just need to code something (design architecture of web app is different). Personally, If I had a software company and the 2 candidates would be equally good but one with EE degree and second with CS. I would probably go for EE candidate. My opinion
@aleksgornikАй бұрын
I completely agree with your statement !
@ninjaoftherift16203 ай бұрын
I started as a web dev I realized I also have a bit more love for hardware now doing my masters in software engineering with a specialization in robotics / embedded cause I want to become a software engineer that works on these specific things as you have to deal with the hardware
@lexlynus8816 Жыл бұрын
I'm a STEM student and i prefer handy things too cuz i believe I'm good at it. I'm happy if something I'm trying to fix physically ends up well. I know it'll be a hustle but you're right it's actually more fun. would u recommend me the Hardware one? cuz i think it's what I'm going to take.
@aleksgornik Жыл бұрын
100%
@jasonolafami452810 ай бұрын
i prefer hardware engineering the most. software and electrical I tend to struggle. or maybe I should say I like working with computer components the most
@renatomartingonzalesgranar8257 Жыл бұрын
In my own view, both have an important roll in their respective areas. But I had to decide which one is the best I would say that: it is easier to study a hardware career and then try to learn some software skills (and also beacuse there aren´t any like an industry. I love mechatronic engineering, industrial processes and automation, is amazing!) than study a software career and then try to learn a little bit of hardware: electric and electronic circuits, use of measurement devices, etc. That is my personal opinion,
@aleksgornik Жыл бұрын
I like your opinion
@McFlashh Жыл бұрын
I've also seen the reason that HE aren't anywhere as in demand as SE is that there are machines which manufacture and design circuits, microchips etc.
@WinningJiroOjejenu-cu6hd Жыл бұрын
I've not seen a machine design a chip before 🤨
@dekev75036 ай бұрын
There’s no machine that designs chips and circuits. There’s AI that writes code now, that’s why there are massive layoffs in the software industry now, one senior software engineer can do the work of 50 programmers. On the flip side, there’s an ever increasing demand for hardware Engineers.
@McFlashh6 ай бұрын
@@dekev7503 The actual chips themselves are manufactured by machines, you really think a person can hand manufacture 10 billion transistors on a chip? In software, everything is done by the engineers.
@dekev75036 ай бұрын
@@McFlashh You CLEARLY know absolutely nothing about chip design. The actual physical chips have been manufactured by Machines for the past 50 years. Who do you think designs them? Or do you think that the machines can come up with the designs on their own? Even the most advanced AI tools today Cannot design a chip from scratch, despite decades of trials (and by design, I don’t mean regurgitating some older designs from the internet like what chatGTP does)
@McFlashh6 ай бұрын
@@dekev7503 My bro, that's my point. I said that machines manufacture them, not design them. That is done by hardware engineers.
@saiimum6 ай бұрын
Cheers mate for the explanation. I want to become a hardware engineer. Your explanation helped me to decide.
@brandoncraddock55052 жыл бұрын
Embedded / IoT be paying kinda well yknow. To give yourself an edge try to take some form of hardware security / cryptography module if available. If I move from a Bachelor to a masters EEE at my uni 4th year offers information theory and cryptography. I’ll definitely consider taking it.
@aleksgornik2 жыл бұрын
You have planted the seed
@abdifatahaden4761 Жыл бұрын
Launching a software product: beep beep boop. Launching a hardware product: beep beep *panic attack* boop.
@im_simarjeet Жыл бұрын
Software is intellectually rich, problem solving oriented where prerequisite is only syntax BUT Hardware requires procedures and more theory to be used repeatedly... What's your views... I have to choose bw ece and cse in next 4-5 days... great if you make more videos on this topic... and how to maximize our scope even if I choose ece
@aleksgornik Жыл бұрын
hardware > software - it’s more fun :)
@rpt1707 ай бұрын
That's the problem with software. It can trick you into thinking that you're intellectual while in reality, it has little to do with actual science.
@rpt1707 ай бұрын
Procedures and theories that you'll barely understand even afer using them for years
@thanhhuyvu45304 ай бұрын
thank you for the video !! now i can visualize my job after graduate
@aleksgornik4 ай бұрын
Amazing
@pixelapse9613 Жыл бұрын
I wanna both because it can be more Interesting that I can make Everything I want such as Making Rocket with trust vectoring control and how it'll react in the various condition
@aleksgornik Жыл бұрын
Yes you can 100% do both!
@1percent223 ай бұрын
what bachelors degree are you in now?
@pixelapse96133 ай бұрын
@@1percent22 I'm second semester in Mechatronics Engineering
@bilwabhde92609 ай бұрын
i think i should go with hardware cuz i like computers and electronics in general its not like i dont like coding but things like web development , app development never interest me.
@aleksgornik9 ай бұрын
I am the same. Web dev is boring as hell.
@michalsvihla14034 ай бұрын
But coding isn't just web dev... A firmware/OS developer still falls under software and it's a job that's close to the hardware.
@bilwabhde92604 ай бұрын
@@michalsvihla1403 yea you are right and i do have interest in such stuff but i dont like the completely software side of cs
@cipanmandul10 ай бұрын
Originally a software guy but when im become older my jobs and interest are more to hardware.
@taufeeqkhan26299 ай бұрын
take the electronics branch. it has both hardware and software. and best thing when you will everything from scratch you will automatically like programming (lower level)
@rakshithnp72017 ай бұрын
Hardware is really hard, but very satisfying, as we are not money-making machines; we are making machines.
@davidlynch1263 Жыл бұрын
Hardware keep your body harden somewhere from time to time
@aleksgornik Жыл бұрын
yes sirrr
@k.j3173 Жыл бұрын
Me personally I like to work with my hands. I love technology and building.
@abstracttom.cleanelephanto5659 Жыл бұрын
My brother wants to be a software engineer but me I have a different goal to be an interior painter 👩🎨 and that’s how I choose to use my math skills
@aleksgornik Жыл бұрын
Haha
@qink9846 Жыл бұрын
damn, im already stressing in high school
@aleksgornik Жыл бұрын
Yeah chill out bro
@TechnologyofTodayandAlways7 ай бұрын
good video, congratulations, I'm already your new subscriber 👍 blessings 🙏🏻
@aleksgornik7 ай бұрын
Thanks for subbing!
@rishuvatsa3126Ай бұрын
work in embedded and get best of both the worlds
@aidarmekeshev287620 күн бұрын
thank you bro
@phonemyat475 Жыл бұрын
I'm just a new at IT field and now I'm studying both of them but when the time that make a decision to choose is arrived, I don't know what should I do. The only thing thing I know is I don't wanna spend my times on the table by coding and I wanna be more fun. I don't care about money. So what should I do, Sir.
@aleksgornik Жыл бұрын
The thing is you will do some coding in both roles. But the hardware engineer will always code less. So I think it's clear for you if you don't wanna sit in front of a desk all day.
@Edward-mu6cs3 ай бұрын
*Laughs in Computer Engineer*
@vuo7ng Жыл бұрын
i'm more of a hardware person too
@myworldbox Жыл бұрын
i love computer science and money
@robertpearson8546 Жыл бұрын
What about firmware? What about microcoding? What about limpware? What about Gatesware (thousands of bugs held together by a few lines of code)? Do you use Petri Nets to design both hardware and software?
@joestables26002 жыл бұрын
I'm doing EE but I want to go into software
@aleksgornik2 жыл бұрын
You defo can do that
@closecartoon Жыл бұрын
Shit ... Is there a profession for both? If so I would bet all my money on it to go for it
@aleksgornik Жыл бұрын
People who do embedded stuff get to do both
@Newday7444 ай бұрын
is it okay to go from full stack web dev to bet Hardware ( Engineering) ?
@aleksgornik4 ай бұрын
Of course ! The hardware world has less resources out there than web dev on the interent so you need to be a little more diligent however more than doable.
@matrix-jq7vh2 жыл бұрын
In conclusion from this explanation, taking EE is a bad decision compared to CS/SE. If software makes you millionaire than go for it and do fun afterwards..What's your opinion?
@aleksgornik2 жыл бұрын
Software is like the 100% money route. If you wanna have more fun along your engineering career and sacrifice a bit of salary then hardware is great. You will still get a great salary - just not the best one.
@teknul89 Жыл бұрын
You dont need to study software because of the money there is also other engineering degrees you can take that can give you a lot of money too if not engineering maybe finance/accounting is more your thing if you are interested in money
@sublivion50248 ай бұрын
@flavioalegrettiramos567 ha yeah sorry that was me a year ago… i think it depends what you’re doing, like both have boring and more creative areas. the EE degree is probably more challenging for most people, i do maths and computer science (50/50) and find the maths much more intensive.
@shelbycobratOG Жыл бұрын
Genius! Thank you so so soooo much.
@TonyDaExpert8 ай бұрын
Chose Computer Engineering had a internship in robotics software have a full job in electronics + firmware
@McFlashh Жыл бұрын
Software engineering is the perfect job for introverts.
@aleksgornik Жыл бұрын
Yes - most are vitamin D deficient as well lol
@EERicky Жыл бұрын
You can make some good money in hardware if you know what your doing start your own projects.
@mubarakabdullahi58292 жыл бұрын
Hardware for sure
@aleksgornik2 жыл бұрын
Yes sirrr
@estherhozy9475 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your help
@aleksgornik Жыл бұрын
No problem - got any questions hit me up !
@yahyaa44995 ай бұрын
Hardware is harder because it includes knowledge and knowhow of CS phy math and harder programming.
@timothychumo5690 Жыл бұрын
anyone who can help me my laptop screen just turned pink what might be the issue?
@tysoncoffman7562 Жыл бұрын
Hardware, admittedly bias and I am also retired since 2019. Find its a mixed bag and luck and who you know can play a lot into it from own experience, one's own mileage may vary.. Personally prefer hands on. Cheers!
@aleksgornik Жыл бұрын
Yes sirrr
@cuzcohusky3533 Жыл бұрын
Software makes more money but without the Hardware Engineering they have no job beucase they won’t have the components to make the computer they work on ; the only reason why salary is so low is because they are outsourcing them but now their is a demand for them so they are going to be needed in places like the USA that just made the chip act because they fell behind on that industry and is planning on growing its industry. Hardware is essential for everything electronic related
@aleksgornik Жыл бұрын
This is true - all software runs on some hardware somewhere on the world
@kiyuzooo Жыл бұрын
I've always wanted to be a software engineer because i wanted to make my own web/app that could make money passively. but i don't think that i could do that yet because i'm going to study electronics and instruments in uni. Would it still be possible for me to make a web/app eventhough i'm just using the internet as my main source? Then i could use my skill in electronics and instruments somewhere else. If you have the time would you please answer my question, thanks 👌
@aleksgornik Жыл бұрын
of course you can ! KZbin is your best friend for this - there is defo a tutorial somewhere on making an app in your favourite porgramming language. Good luck !
@luiscarmona9890 Жыл бұрын
Being in front of your screen all day everyday would seem to be the most boring depressing life ever and so much eye pain and headaches
@drblitz3092 Жыл бұрын
Ya, that’s the reason I dont want a career in office work. All the joy I get in life comes from video games and I think that looking at a screen at work all day, and then coming home to look at another screen all night would ruin the magic I see in video games.
@prohibited1125 Жыл бұрын
Nah people like me are in front the computer or studying all the day. We are engineers not bussiness people
@roryrori98569 ай бұрын
thank you
@user-iy3ww9wh3t9 ай бұрын
Thanks
@SiddharthSingh-uo9bw3 ай бұрын
Made multi million in HW by playing cards in 7 years 😂
@chaselewis84738 ай бұрын
"handyman skills" that's mighty disrespectful on god - hardware guy Also just side note its 100% a joke cause a buddy in the trades said its disrespectful to call any of them "a handyman"
@Aaron-tl9zy Жыл бұрын
if you can throw it at someone its hardware edit: spelling correction
@aleksgornik Жыл бұрын
Words of wisdom
@willpotter224 ай бұрын
Well shit hardware is what i wanna do then😊
@aleksgornik4 ай бұрын
amazing
@gamedevunity3dliviopanizzi17011 ай бұрын
no software no hardware and no hardware no software
@user-pd1tt8sd7f Жыл бұрын
hardware cause im doig everythig agai just code is too 1 sided
@prohibited1125 Жыл бұрын
2:45 sure? CS can have remote work. Hardware engineers cant so... CS win
@aleksgornik Жыл бұрын
Who said remote work is the way to go
@kamilkachnic7360 Жыл бұрын
Nasz Polski Iron Man... powodzenia w anglosaskim świecie, może kiedyś zatrudnią Cię w Tesli, Apple, SpaceX lub gdzie tam chcesz budować swoje projekty.
@aleksgornik Жыл бұрын
Dziękuje :)
@marniewyncoll2 жыл бұрын
go ECS so u don't have to pick yet >>>
@aleksgornik2 жыл бұрын
Truuu
@user-lp5lj5jg2y Жыл бұрын
the start of the video gives me gay porn vibes "what's the difference between SOFTware and HARDware..."
@aleksgornik Жыл бұрын
Wowowow
@lightoniaazyel397 Жыл бұрын
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@aerohk10 ай бұрын
Hardware guys don't know jack about CS topics like data structure, algorithm, coding theory, space/time complexity, etc. They can write programs that are simple and sequential, but good luck implementing a distributed system, load balancing, etc.