What’s the difference from a Computer hardware engineer and a computer software engineer?
Zakura asked:
What’s the difference from a Computer hardware engineer and a computer software engineer?
or are they both the same careers? if not…then what’s the diffference? and which would be the easier job and have better pay?
Jarret
What’s the difference from a Computer hardware engineer and a computer software engineer?
or are they both the same careers? if not…then what’s the diffference? and which would be the easier job and have better pay?
Jarret
Tags: Careers, Computer Engineer, Computer Software Engineer
July 21st, 2010 at 7:17 am
hardware is what goes into your computer
software are programs/cd roms you can download/upload onto your computer
July 24th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Hardware=things like printers, hard drives, etc. Software=programs used by hardware or computers.
July 27th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
For the computer or design 3d models or web pages well anything connected with its parts then take hardware if you want to deal with its parts then take hardware engineering.
July 31st, 2010 at 5:35 am
Hardware are the components of your pc such as motherboards and disc drives, software is programmes that run on your pc.
August 2nd, 2010 at 1:27 am
Neither one is “easy” (I’ve done both). Software engineers in specialized fields make more money, but also work harder.
August 2nd, 2010 at 3:30 pm
hardware is hardware - circuit boards, computer drives, memory
software are applications, programs, coding
They are different careers - though I’ve seen some hardware guys switch over to coding.
Easier job? There is no easy job in engineering. If you want easy, go into politics. I’ve never met a dumb engineer. I’ve met stupid engineers, but there’s a difference.
Both will pay well.
If you have to ask these questions, I don’t think you’re well suited to engineering.