Online Engineering Choice

[davewill]

Easy guys! no need for all the fighting!

@bjcheung77 gracias will do...I guess I'll do the CS and Math degree...even though I'm practically done with the BALS...and it's not what I want...this is delayed gratification in practice..I think I'll also do the penn foster degree on the side..with those low monthly payments, I'll have my mind at ease that I'm at least studying what I want...along with mit ocw and some free cousera courses..

@decimon yeah I know, I checked up stuff on ebay and that together with stuff I have as well could have lowered the cost if I was going that route, but I'll take bjcheung77's advice

@sanantone thanks for your help!

Getting an online ABET EE degree is nearly impossible for an international student unless you have a lot of time and resources....

With the pie fight going on, I didn't feel like weighing in, but think I can now. I've been in embedded development for 30 years. In general, I think this is a good plan. If you could just go and get a quality EE degree, I would tell you to go do that even if it wasn't in the U.S. and even if it took longer. Since that isn't in the cards, The CS degree can serve you well. Yes, a lot of the embedded work for developers is in Linux and Android, but the people doing lower level work (board bring-up, device drivers, bare metal apps on small micros) are a mix of CS grads, and EEs who like software.

Yes, FAEs for people like Microchip and TI are EEs...because they are helping EEs who are designing boards, and when they help people like me who are trying to get software working on a chip, we need an extra infusion of understanding what's happening inside the chip, not more software know-how. So, you can use the CS degree to do low-level embedded work and gain experience, while piling on the EE degree later.

As far as the math degree goes, it's a nice to have. It would be a small bump up on your resume, but I wouldn't let it slow you down.