IT Questions

[Rockerr]

Hey Guys,

Well I'm almost finished with school an will be pursuing a career in Engineering after gaining my Bachelor in Science. In terms of IT i've been doing good in school with my lowest being 94% which I'm happy with. My teacher has told me to not be complacent and go ahead as he knows I have the ability to.

So mainly my question is what do you recommend for me to learn? I want to learn some new Programming because learning VB.NET is really boring, also if you could link some places where i could gather resources/help that'd be great. Oh I also have a passion for graphics if that would help your decision in providing help.

Cheers

 

[wackywamba]

I'm not sure how the tertiary education system works in Australia, but depending on your mathematical ability you might want to look into electronic/computer engineering.

Both will require you to cover elements of C/C++. With computer engineering you'll be exposed to a larger set of languages and substantially more programming. Electronic will have a larger focus on modulation, analog systems and provide for a better understanding of electronics as a whole.

Hope this helps, I'm not really sure what links to provide you with - you might want to check out some university websites, they often have descriptions of courses.

 

[Rockerr]

I'm not sure how the tertiary education system works in Australia, but depending on your mathematical ability you might want to look into electronic/computer engineering.

Both will require you to cover elements of C/C++. With computer engineering you'll be exposed to a larger set of languages and substantially more programming. Electronic will have a larger focus on modulation, analog systems and provide for a better understanding of electronics as a whole.

Hope this helps, I'm not really sure what links to provide you with - you might want to check out some university websites, they often have descriptions of courses.

I was leaning towards Electronic Engineering, I'm also colourblind though I don't know if that makes any difference? I was told depending on the severity of it some places electrical places wouldn't hire me (Coloured cables). My Maths is fairly good.

Thanks for the input, I'll check out some C/C++

 

[wackywamba]

I was leaning towards Electronic Engineering, I'm also colourblind though I don't know if that makes any difference? I was told depending on the severity of it some places electrical places wouldn't hire me (Coloured cables). My Maths is fairly good.

Thanks for the input, I'll check out some C/C++

For electronic your main problem would be recognizing resistor values (while studying) and tracing errors in circuits through wires, but honestly a multimeter could solve both of those problems.

In terms of working, it really does depend on the job, but I can't imagine it limiting you too much.