Thursday, July 30, 2009

What degrees have a better job outlook :Computer Science, Accounting, or Electrical Engineering?

I am currently going for a Computer Science degree but I am thinking of changing my major. Pretty much I am just looking for other people's opinion or personal experience with which worked better for them in locating a job.

What degrees have a better job outlook :Computer Science, Accounting, or Electrical Engineering?
These are all very diffrent and you need to look at what your desired end goal is. what kind of job do you want.





You will be able to find a job in all of these. EE will pay more in the beinging and accounting will pay the least at first.





Thay all have potential to make good money down the road if you keep growing your skills and climb the corporate ladder.





If you are thinking IT consider Management Information Systems.





Or you could get the CS degree but add additonal things to your resume like by reading books on networks, unix, windows server, security and getting ceritified in these subjects.





Then your outlook would be very good to find a job. Technology will be one of the fast growing areas for the next 30 years. You can not go wrong with that. but trying to get a job as a programmer could get hard as more and more jobs are going to India.
Reply:None of the three are all that great, but accounting would probably be the best.





Computer science is the worst. I have a BSCS degree and there haven't been any jobs anywhere in sight in several years. All of the CS jobs have gone to India or are being done in the US by Indians on H-1B visas. You can't compete with people who earn below min wage.





EE is better than CS, but not by much.
Reply:All three are good for getting a job. Accounting may be the best. However -- I could never be an accountant, because my brain is unable to think that way (and I have a PhD in Finance).





You may consider finance as a major -- it pays well, too.


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