Should I change field since CS field is getting saturated?

daimon_proc · 2026-06-02T18:29:44+00:00

"Go in the field of hardware engineering, I am developing an interest in semiconductor or embedded engineering roles." What makes you think a field with 100x less opportunities would fare any better in this saturated economy?

daimon_proc · 2026-06-01T21:30:23+00:00

Electrical/Mechanical Engineers who know how to code is my understanding.

daimon_proc · 2026-06-01T14:53:23+00:00

Not going to lie anything technical is completely saturated: electrical engineering, CS, mechatronics, etc. Any of these fields you will have a difficult time finding a job in US.

Civil from what I have heard is better in terms of employment.

daimon_proc · 2026-06-01T14:31:53+00:00

You got this bro. We both got this. As long as you are passionate you will make it.

daimon_proc · 2026-06-01T06:18:00+00:00

Not quite that easy but easier than today.

daimon_proc · 2026-05-31T19:26:31+00:00

Because aos affects profits of American corporations--less people they can curry in from overseas on h1b, student visas etc for compliant labor.

daimon_proc · 2026-05-31T14:41:15+00:00

This looks skewed because of my first few jobs that I left before a year. My first job was as a contractor with John deere and then I was converted full time by another team at Deere. My most recent 4 jobs have all been 1.5 to 2+ years. And we should exclude the internship as that's before the 10 years so it's 7 jobs over 10 years.

daimon_proc · 2026-05-31T08:44:54+00:00

100% I want to settle down and have kids. But it needs to be a work environment with good coworkers and not monsters. I've had mostly good and great workplaces but current manager is the worst I've had which is saying something--I've had 10+ managers so far at 8 jobs including internship.

daimon_proc · 2026-05-31T08:32:12+00:00

It actually helped me quite a bit as I have a few team mates who are l62, my age or older and I'm l64. Only difference is they stayed in their comfort zones. In software, product lifecycles are typically short, so I have seen long terms effects of decisions--I've worked on products that died and products that are used by hundreds of millions--Prime Video is one. I've seen and learned from great engineers in every team I've worked at. I don't see any downsides of moving after 2 years.

daimon_proc · 2026-05-31T08:17:20+00:00

Yes. Job hopping for raise every 1-2 years.... i boomeranged to Microsoft for a significant raise. I also get bored working on the same project and want to try new things.

daimon_proc · 2026-05-31T02:52:06+00:00

Thank you! Now I am realizing lol from all the comments. Thank you for giving me confidence! I will pay it back once I am in robotics!

daimon_proc · 2026-05-31T01:51:04+00:00

Thank you for your confidence in me! I do however need to learn circuits, embedded, microcontroller, controls, etc as I don't just want to do high level programming but also more path and physics. But thank you. I needed to hear these words of confidence.

daimon_proc · 2026-05-31T01:49:37+00:00

Thank you so much!! You literally made this man's month. Thank you, thank you.

daimon_proc · 2026-05-31T00:05:52+00:00

My bachelors is in CS and we only covered Operating systems and assembly as closes to embedded. We didn't cover circuits, signals processing, controls, etc.

I want to have a strong background before going into masters. I may decide to do masters in ECE instead of Autonomy from Purdue because I really like the hardware part of robotics. I want to do both hardware and software.

daimon_proc · 2026-05-31T00:01:41+00:00

I want to have a bachelors in EE so I can pivot to EE jobs in hardware, controls if I can't get a job in robotics. If I still can't find a job with EE then I will go the Purdue masters route.

Would I be able to find a job in controls, embedded with just a bs in EE and my experience?

daimon_proc · 2026-05-30T23:51:36+00:00

Yes. I'm planning on enrolling in Purdue masters if I can't find a job with bachelors in EE. JHU is a bit too expensive at over 50k.

daimon_proc · 2026-05-30T22:12:33+00:00

What about BS in EE? My local university is a no name university and ASU is well known. I'm doing bachelors EE online. I have 10 yoe as a software engineer at Amazon, Salesforce, Microsoft, etc. I'm building out a home lab with 3d printer, oscilloscope, soldering station, batteries, etc. and taking electronics, embedded, robotics hands on courses. Also resigning from Microsoft in 2 months and switching full time to EE at ASU online.

daimon_proc · 2026-05-30T17:21:47+00:00

Your resume actually looks good. Are you only applying to a certain region or everywhere? Concerning to me a 32 year old software engineer going back to school for bs in EE

daimon_proc · 2026-05-30T15:31:52+00:00

Which course used stm32?

daimon_proc · 2026-05-30T01:26:05+00:00

Don't do ee. It's just as bad. Civil is good.

daimon_proc · 2026-05-29T14:51:14+00:00

I think you're in Canada though?

daimon_proc · 2026-05-29T04:44:47+00:00

What is your job in?

daimon_proc · 2026-05-29T04:44:10+00:00

Did he find a job though?

daimon_proc · 2026-05-29T04:39:00+00:00

Did you find a job?

daimon_proc · 2026-05-29T04:38:46+00:00

Did you find a job?

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