Question for the EEs out there:
I will probably be starting an EE undergrad this spring, but the nearest ABET program is a
COMBINATIONof EE and CE. In fact it is ABET accredited for both. Sooo...it has relatively little gen ed courses, and the courses involved run the gamut:
http://www.umkc.edu/majormaps/maps/2..._2014_2015.pdf
So, after asking around a bit, it seems that some companies actually dislike this degree because it doesn't focus enough on a single particular discipline. So for example, someone who works for a local company (Black & Veatch) told me that if they want to hire, say, a Power Engineer, then they will just hire exactly that. Same with some other companies...they'd prefer to avoid what might be a "jack of all trades" degree. But then, on the flip side, I was told that some companies (Cerner was used as an example) like getting people with these degrees, as you are more well rounded so to speak, but I was also told that they like hiring newbies straight out of school so YMMV I guess.
So I've been asked a number of times recently not
whatI want to do necessarily, but specifically
whereI want to work...as in, what company...as that might make the difference. I've also been told that they may be changing from a dual-ABET accredited degree to something akin to a more "pure" EE, but that is a couple years down the road and I don't want to wait? And I'd have to up and move to go to what I think are some of the nearest alternatives for ABET accredited EE programs.
So, all of that said, does this even sound like an issue to anyone? Is it even something I should be worrying about?