Is it worth it to apply for electronics to a university?

Question

Electronics

There is an opportunity to enroll in a university either for an it specialty or for radio electronics. It seems to be an interesting specialty, but will it be difficult to find a job in this area? I looked at hh 1000 vacancies for an electronics engineer in Russia, when a programmer had 63 thousand vacancies. That's the only thing that's embarrassing.

Answer 1

I'll tell you this.
a programmer is unlikely to become a specialist in radio electronics.
but radio electronics to become a programmer, like two fingers.
plus do not forget that now programmers are being released from every hole and every course, as a result there is a lot of slag.
if you look at the prospect of 15-20 years, I would advise you to take a good university in radio electronics.
(but 15 years ago, I would have advised going for a programmer)

Answer 2

I support laptehov and Vladimir Kuts, you will only have to strain your efforts and not unwind the time of study for idleness. Electronics-microprocessor technology, from there an understanding of assembler and processor operation, further study C ++ outside the course, and now, a wonderful scope for choosing a profession: continue digital technology and create a domestic compiler for a domestic processor, go to programmers (embeded technology will open, backend, modeling, production processes and vents, finally), or stand in the middle - go to the developers of automated control systems and telemetry. It is worth looking at not only the number of vacancies, but also the price of a market specialist, low demand! = no demand. If there is no readiness to strain efforts, it is better to immediately go into logistics and small-scale wholesale resale, why is there a higher education, it is more profitable to marry))

Answer 3

I entered the university in electronics and have no regrets.
It is not so difficult to retrain for a related specialty as a programmer (the specialization was “microprocessor systems”) if you wish, but you will understand how it all works at the hardware level, which can also give some profit to skills)

Answer 4

There are much fewer specialists in radio electronics than in programming. Yes, you yourself see it on HH.ru.
See what kind of companies are looking for radio electronics. Mostly defense. With all the consequences - secrecy, low salaries, bureaucracy, the need to communicate in the PZ. Projects can be interesting, yes - the defense of the country, weapons and all that.
It will be difficult to explain to the employer that you need to pay normal money. You have (for example) 2 years of work experience, and you have not done anything. Projects can go on for 2-5 years. They came as a green engineer at the beginning of the project and after 2 years they just saw their product.
There is (probably) civilian radio electronics, but how much is there?
It is easier for programmers to work remotely, as it has become important for many now.
If you are a mediocre programmer, they will still pay quite decent money.
About the fact that a radio electronics engineer will come to programming like 2 fingers.
Yes, radio electronics will give useful skills. On which you will spend 5 years of study and 5 years of work (until the moment of disappointment). You start to switch to programming, grab the tops just to roll in. And you will miss the programming base. Which is and which is needed.
See what programmers are taught. By the 3rd year they will be stuffed with 4-5 languages, operating systems, networks. Somewhere machine vision, learning and other fashionable things will be pushed in. From the 4th year, the programmer has been working part-time. From the 5th course - part-time.
Yes, he will not be an expert in all these languages, but he will get acquainted with a variety of options.
Remember the survivor's mistake. For any field, you can find a success story - "graduated from the radio department - moved to the USA to start up." I'm more about the average state of affairs in the region.
There are companies like Arrival (see HH.ru), but more such as the Vega concern, FSUE NII Vector and other stones.

Answer 5

ZP radioman 80-100k), programmers 0-1000k...

Answer 6

As a radio electronics engineer, I will say that the knowledge that is given in radio electronics is wider than the knowledge that is given in programming, and here and there, in order to achieve the level of knowledge necessary for good work, you will have to study a lot yourself in addition to the university program.
True, when studying IT, it is easier to find the first job during training (earlier, for example, Intel actively hired programmers during training).
And I repeat what I have already written here more than once - the scope of activity is not at all limited at the time of choosing a university, I even managed to work in journalism, but in the end I didn’t really work in my specialty. But he never regretted his choice of specialty.