Hi all,

I am a second year ECE student in the UK. Last summer, during my first year, I did an internship at a semiconductors company, where I designed an op-amp as my project. I have been invited back to the same company for the next summer, however I have also been given the choice to either stick with analog design or switch to a digital design/verification project. I am leaning towards remaining in analog design, only because I cover digital design in great depth in my course at university (SystemVerilog CPU design, etc), and I believe doing analog design over the summer would result in great depth and breadth in both disciplines. However, I am worried that it may disadvantage me in the future if I decide to apply for more lucrative digital-related jobs in the future, such as FPGA design.

I'm in ECE branch first year in a tear 2 college, India and imma be fr i don't know anything. Half a semester has gone and i have done literally nothing. I just need some guidance to understand what to do during the next 4 years how to get internships and all. Somewhat like a little roadmap. Can i get some help and plz don't make fun of me i've been mocked enough.

Hello guys,

I have an interview for FE Design Engineer intern coming up with Apple's wireless hardware team. I was wondering what I could expect during the first 30mins interview? Thanks

like is concepts like using thevinin and norton equations a part of the higher year studies?

i've been researching on CS vs EE for the past 7 hrs, but each time i'm getting different answers.

atp i want to get hit by a truck. it's been 7 fkn hrs. i can't even contact my advisor. google is playing mind games and chatgpt is just annoying unrealiable. i think i'm losing my mind.

so, if any of you guys know where i should look for these answers, kindly do tell.

or just correct me on the following, i will write the Q's below:

1. Computer Science graduates often face layoffs MORE than Electrical Engineers.

is this correct?

2. lower chances of staying unemployed with an EE degree compared to a CS degree.

is this authentic?

2. EEs don’t necessarily get paid more.

is this correct?

3. we can get a role of Software Engineering with an EE degree but can't do the reverse.

is this accurate?

thank u. that's all.

For context, I graduated spring 2023 and am about 1.5 years into my first full time degree-related job as an RTL verification engineer focused on accelerator IP for baseband units at a large company.

I love my job. I thoroughly enjoy the process of getting some new RTL and bringing up the appropriate stimulus by way of new tests and/or sequences, as well as new checks which require modifications to the scoreboard or memory model, in addition to communicating with the transaction level modeling team to get the necessary checks for math-heavy parts of the design and implement them in the UVM environment. I was also made scrum master a couple months ago, which i enjoy a lot more than i did initially. Its cool to see everything from a higher level/project perspective

Anyway, as of late I've been finding myself working over 40 hours a week. Specifically Mondays and Fridays when I work from home. Since I'm out of the gym consistently from an injury I'm recovering from, it is very easy for my 7-3 to become more of a 7-5. If I'm especially into it on a given day, I'll even eat while working without a legitimate break. This only happens on WFH days to be fair. On weekends I may even do some work for a couple hours if I'm bored.

I just want to see an issue through, and I don't feel like I've reached a good stopping point often times. Especially if I overestimated the amount of effort required for a change i need to make, I'll drive myself to just keep going.

I don't currently feel any negative repercussions from working extra, apart from the obvious "working for free" mindset since I'm salaried.

Though I should be clear that I'm in no way pressures to work more than 40 hours a week by my manager. From all accounts, manager included, I'm absolutely killing it at my job. I even got a 1k cash reward (separate from bonus which comes at a different time of the year) from my manager and couple weeks ago due to this. Just to reinforce the fact that I'm doing this completely on my own without any pressure.

But I wanted to ask others with more experience what they think of this.

1. Do you think it is healthy to do what I am doing and work extra for free (basically)? If nothing else, I feel my effort is recognized, but should I be wary of any mental issues like burn out or stress? Or anything else?

2. Would it be a bad idea to see if I can get overtime pay? I haven't heard anything about this, but I do see overtime as an option when I enter my weekly time, despite the fact that I'm salaried. If I was able to work overtime, even if at the same rate, I'd probably work an assload more

Title. Im an electronics and telecommunication student, will i get to work on High voltage or plasma related physics and circuits or is that only in Electrical Eng?

Hii I have interview for digital design at cadence design system, plz provide any genuine tips for the preparation of online assessment or interview, which topic to study or so...

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I'm making a voltage to current converter based on an old Atari circuit for a vector display, except with an opamp instead of discrete components for the gain stage. The circuit in the diagram above, sans the trim-pot, worked in simulation with a 10 Vp-p sinewave. It even worked on the bread board, or at least I thought it did. But when I soldered it together I kept burning through power BJTs. I simplified the circuit as part of debugging by removing the load entirely and connecting the inverting input directly to the push-pull output. If I disconnect the D45H11 BJT from Vcc, then I get a clean output wave. Then I reconnected it and disconnected the D44H11, and the output took on a bunch of noise, say ±1V. I think I'm getting shoot through. Perhaps it's from the noise?

I'm getting kind of demoralized, cause this is a simple circuit that I built previously in a lab for college 12 years ago. This should work.

starting college next sem, definitely could use some advice from EE/CS students, alumni, current Electricical/ Software Engineers or anyone with experience in this field.

i'm committing 4-5 years to this degree, and i don’t want to retrospect 6 years from now and regret all my choices.

to be completely honest, my main objectives are:

1. not to be unemployed after graduation.
2. achieve a starting salary of at least $100k.

that being said—i’m not a big fan of coding, but i’m willing to tolerate it for my career's sake. i do enjoy certain topics in electrical engineering, like communications & circuit analysis (sort of a reason as to why i waned to switch to EE). while idk everything about those topics, i’ve explored a bit.

in conclusion: i’ve heard CS graduates often face layoffs, but EEs don’t necessarily get paid more.

what should i choose? kindly be honest + if u could suggest websites/YT pages where the pros & cons are discussed in details, that would be very helpful.

thankyou!

Hello,

I recently graduated in May'24 and I have been applying for jobs and have been applying for both entry-level and internships ( if I hit a jackpot :)). I applied to Nvidia and one of my application for an internship position went into review. Now I know that it's not exactly a 100% possibility that since my application went in review I might get an interview but I am just curious to know if nvidia actually hires recent graduates for internships? Because all their requirements suggest that they want someone who is currently in the university

I've been applying to jobs since July with no luck. I applied to a job mid to late August, and in early September I received an email to complete a questionnaire that asked for more details. I did not hear from them again until 2 days ago with a rejection email. Well today I looked at my voice-mail and saw that early October I had gotten a voice-mail from the recruiter asking to call him back to discuss the next steps (I'm assuming I could have gotten an interview idk). I'm so mad at myself right now because I missed the chance at possibly getting an interview and getting more experience with interviews because I've only had 1. My first interview the whole process leading up to the interview was through email. I assumed it would be the same for this company because the recruiter emailed me with the link for the questionnaire. Has anyone experienced this before? Is it too late to email the recruiter? Do most companies communicate through email or is it mixed (email and phone calls)?

Hello everyone,

I have been unemployed now since 9 months. Just had a call with one of my network he told me before that they might have opportunity open in October end November but now says that not sure when will it be possible. Of course not blaming him but there goes my last hope of getting a job. I have to have get a job by end pf this month. I am an ECE graduate with one year of full time experience and internship experience of 4 months another 1 year of international experience in PCB designing. I have been looking roles in electronics hardware pcb and many more no luck so far done so many applications and networking just very tired of this toxic environment. Can somebody please help me get a decent project, unpaid works as well just want to gain experience to gat back in this market. Please suggest something I need to job soon.

Hello! I am planning on buying a breadboard and a multimeter so I can build circuits with all kinds of relevant components, to get familiar with the practical side of things which are lacking.

At my school lab we have two multimeters, Fluke75 and AgilentU1272A. I checked their price online and they are about $1000usd which is far above my budget. To my understanding, what sets these multimeters apart is their accuracy reading, more expensive ones are more accurate. Is accuracy all that important for a recreational?

How much money should I look to spend? I want the most bang for the buck so to speak.

I welcome all suggestions on multimeters, breadboards, components etc. Thank you!

I'm currently taking a course in RF which includes a PCB design project. The course is taught at a graduate level and I've struggled due to lacking a strong foundation from the prerequisite EM theory course, so while I've strengthened my EM theory I'm now faced with the more advanced content involved in this course. How bad will it be if I withdraw from the course considering I graduate in spring and I'm looking for my first job out of college? I'm more interested in chip design and my GPA is a 3.3

Hi yall,

My friend is asking if there is anything I recommend to help improve her already-running project. Her project involves an Arduino Uno and a protoshield (bare PCB shown on the right circuit) inserted on top. The Arduino controls the relay connected to a solenoid, and S1 arms the solenoid. When switched off, S2 cuts off both the Arduino and solenoid's power. The contacts are springs that connect to an electromagnet to hold the device in the air. This is all on the circuit on the left.

The circuit to the right just talks about the LEDs and switches on the protoshield.

I'm thinking of adding a diode for the relay, but I feel like there are more issues with how the Arduino runs the relay. I'm not sure what it is. Should I add a diode?

I'm a newbie so I'll take any suggestions! Thanks!

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I want to do EE in college, but I live in Morocco and I have a GED. I want to apply for a bachelor's degree but the cost of living in the US or Europe, balancing a part-time job with An Engineering degree seems way too difficult. so I'm thinking about Online Degrees. Still, I'm not sure about networking and Internships, also the quality of online bachelor programs compared to normal ones.

Hello everyone! I’m a 2nd-year Electrical & Computer Engineering college student, and I’m looking for unpaid programs or opportunities to develop my skills and work on new projects. If you know of any programs that might be helpful, please let me know. Or if you have any other ideas on how to expand my knowledge on ECE topics, please share! Thanks!

I recently came to know about embedded ml field and some of the sources told that its a rewarding job? But I couldn't find any specific roles in companies related to this field. Is it worth to focus on this, what all companies had jobs related to embedded ml and what is the median salary ?

I’m planning to apply for MS in ECE (Computer Engineering) for Fall’25. I graduated from BITS Pilani (Tier 1, India) with an 8.85 GPA and have a GRE score of 320 (169Q, 151V), with TOEFL scheduled. My experience includes a 2-month and a 6-month internship as a Digital Design Intern at Texas Instruments, followed by 1.5 years full-time as a Digital Hardware Engineer at the same company, where I’ve worked across the full chip flow from design to verification. By the time I start the course, I’ll have 2 years of experience. My projects (no publications yet) include one in Satellite Communications and two VLSI Design and Architecture projects: a Network-on-Chip architecture for AI on FPGA, and a pipelined processor using MIPS architecture. I have two strong LORs from college professors and one from my manager. Here’s my tentative university list: Ambitious—Georgia Tech, UT Austin, UCLA, University of Washington, UW Madison (M-Eng), and UIUC (M-Eng); Moderate—UCSD, Purdue; Safe—USC, NCSU. Would appreciate any feedback on my list or general advice. Thanks!

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Hi, I’m planning to apply for MS ECE (Computer Engineering) for Fall’25.

College: BITS Pilani (Tier 1) (India) GPA: 8.85/10 GRE: 320 (169Q, 151V) - Scores not yet sent TOEFL: Scheduled

Work Experience:

•	2-month summer internship as a Digital Design Intern at Texas Instruments
•	6-month internship as a Digital Design Intern at Texas Instruments
•	1.5 years full-time as a Digital Hardware Engineer at Texas Instruments, where I worked as a designer with comprehensive knowledge of the complete chip flow, from design to verification. By the time the course starts, I will have 2 years of industry experience.

Projects (Sadly no research papers/publications):

1.	One in Satellite Communications
2.	Two in VLSI Design and Architecture: Network-on-Chip architecture for AI applications on FPGA and Design and implementation of a pipelined processor using MIPS architecture.

LORs: Two strong LORs from college professors, one from my manager at Texas Instruments.

University List (Mainly non-thesis tracks):

Ambitious:

•	Georgia Tech
•	UT Austin
•	UCLA
•	University of Washington
•	UW Madison (M-Eng)
•	UIUC (M-Eng)

Moderate:

•	UCSD
•	Purdue

Safe:

•	USC
•	NCSU

Would love feedback on my list or any advice. Thanks in advance!

hi, i am a year 2 electrical and electronics engineering student. i just enrolled in this major for the engineering portion, i don't intend to work in ic or any engineering core. I'm very angst by the lingo and terminology that I encounter when i see students that want to get a masters/phd in ece or are doing projects in ece. what should i do? should i try to keep up? how do people learn these skills and projects outside of classes?

Title. Im an electronics and telecommunication student, will i get to work on High voltage or plasma related physics and circuits or is that only in Electrical Eng?

Hi guys I am currently pursuing my 4th year B tech in ECE and want to write gate in 2025 . I am just an average student so kindly suggest me the best way to prepare for the exam Consider me as a noob in subjects and suggest the best way to prepare