Software vs Hardware ( Engineering)

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • The infamous dispute in the tech community. I do my best to explain the differences and help you decide which one is better ( hardware is more fun :)

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  • @swagermaster8573
    @swagermaster8573 Год назад +58

    I love both equally, i would be too bored to only code so i chose computer engineering which in my opinion is the best major since it has both comp science and electrical engineering concepts

  • @illusive_agent
    @illusive_agent Год назад +65

    It was way too hard of a choice for me. So now I spend most of my time studying both.

    • @bedonasser7472
      @bedonasser7472 Год назад

      Is it still hard ?...how much time u spend in one of the two?

    • @illusive_agent
      @illusive_agent Год назад

      @@bedonasser7472 It takes up most of my time. I go to uni for software so I have to use my free time to learn hardware engineering online. And some parts are hard but I eventually get through them. I should’ve done it the other way around because I probably won’t get a job in hardware by being self taught but it’s doable in software.

    • @ahopefiend1867
      @ahopefiend1867 Год назад

      so you picked hardware.

    • @illusive_agent
      @illusive_agent Год назад +10

      @@ahopefiend1867 I rather a job in hardware now but I study computer science at uni. So I messed up because even tho I self learn hardware engineering, they are more strict with degrees.

    • @st4yclutch391
      @st4yclutch391 Год назад +3

      @@illusive_agentshould have taken EE u could have had both fields

  • @magnuswootton6181
    @magnuswootton6181 Год назад +27

    hardware is making the computers, software is using the computers!

  • @McFlashh
    @McFlashh Год назад +27

    Hardware engineers have harder lives than software engineers, software engineers have softer lives than hardware engineers. It's all in the name.

  • @HamdiFa
    @HamdiFa 7 месяцев назад +5

    I have a master's degree in Electronics... However I am a deep software guy and i realized that while doing my project in my master's degree when i had to create an app that went along side with my electronics. Today I have learned Data Structures, Machine learning, Website/App Development and as an added benefit I know electronics as well. While working as a hardware engineer i needed to know a lot of physical calculations to estimate SNR, Gains, Amplification..... While working as a software engineer I needed to use a lot of logic and flowcharts. I feel software can get very brainstormy but as a hardware engineer you just need to be good in physics. Plus i felt more like a scientist working as a hardware engineer.

  • @socialpundit_1
    @socialpundit_1 11 месяцев назад +6

    Love hardware too, that's why I've chosen to study computer hardware engineering and one day work as a digital circuit designer.

  • @handsomebon
    @handsomebon 11 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you your video have made me feel more comfortable of my decision to go with EE while most ppl around me study CS because of the same reason about the other work i might be able to do rather than sitting all day in front of a computer screen.

    • @aleksgornik
      @aleksgornik  10 месяцев назад

      I am at your service !

  • @Caveyy
    @Caveyy Год назад +5

    I prefer hardware too but I do want a job right out of college so I can apply for a software remote job and then always transfer my job to hardware later on because I’m gonna study general computer engineering so I’ll learn both software and hardware

  • @duckwithdrum
    @duckwithdrum 9 месяцев назад +2

    Im currently in college wanted to do Cyber security but after year or two I realized this isnt what I want and struggling to either continue through this or switch. But this video did help me decide more towards hardware

  • @adaxer785sk2
    @adaxer785sk2 2 месяца назад +1

    I had this tought decision and I picked EE. The fact that EE deals in digital design with literally transistors(Logical gates) can set up a deep knowledge of low level programming which can be used as ladder to high level programming languages. Also it provides knowledge in more core electronics disciplines. From another point of view, EE classes cointain more math than CS/SWE degree. Thats why I think can be a great set up for mastern in artifical intelligence, why also mastering embedded systems and electronics. I just see EE as great starting point to many tech EE-ECE-CS-SWE jobs. Knowing how to programm just alone is going to be replaced by AI, since it doesnt require that much logical analysis if you really just need to code something (design architecture of web app is different). Personally, If I had a software company and the 2 candidates would be equally good but one with EE degree and second with CS. I would probably go for EE candidate. My opinion

    • @aleksgornik
      @aleksgornik  2 месяца назад

      I completely agree with your statement !

  • @SamsidinSuwareh
    @SamsidinSuwareh 6 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much bro❤ I'm a high school science student in the Gambia and I have a passion for hardware engineering, this video is really helpful for me
    😊

  • @HassanSazid11
    @HassanSazid11 11 месяцев назад +3

    omg this is my reasoning behind choosing Electronics engineering instead of CS

  • @lexlynus8816
    @lexlynus8816 2 года назад +19

    I'm a STEM student and i prefer handy things too cuz i believe I'm good at it. I'm happy if something I'm trying to fix physically ends up well. I know it'll be a hustle but you're right it's actually more fun. would u recommend me the Hardware one? cuz i think it's what I'm going to take.

  • @saiimum
    @saiimum 7 месяцев назад

    Cheers mate for the explanation. I want to become a hardware engineer. Your explanation helped me to decide.

  • @McFlashh
    @McFlashh Год назад +2

    I've also seen the reason that HE aren't anywhere as in demand as SE is that there are machines which manufacture and design circuits, microchips etc.

    • @WinningJiroOjejenu-cu6hd
      @WinningJiroOjejenu-cu6hd Год назад +4

      I've not seen a machine design a chip before 🤨

    • @dekev7503
      @dekev7503 7 месяцев назад +1

      There’s no machine that designs chips and circuits. There’s AI that writes code now, that’s why there are massive layoffs in the software industry now, one senior software engineer can do the work of 50 programmers. On the flip side, there’s an ever increasing demand for hardware Engineers.

    • @McFlashh
      @McFlashh 7 месяцев назад

      @@dekev7503 The actual chips themselves are manufactured by machines, you really think a person can hand manufacture 10 billion transistors on a chip? In software, everything is done by the engineers.

    • @dekev7503
      @dekev7503 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@McFlashh You CLEARLY know absolutely nothing about chip design. The actual physical chips have been manufactured by Machines for the past 50 years. Who do you think designs them? Or do you think that the machines can come up with the designs on their own? Even the most advanced AI tools today Cannot design a chip from scratch, despite decades of trials (and by design, I don’t mean regurgitating some older designs from the internet like what chatGTP does)

    • @McFlashh
      @McFlashh 7 месяцев назад

      @@dekev7503 My bro, that's my point. I said that machines manufacture them, not design them. That is done by hardware engineers.

  • @ninjaoftherift1620
    @ninjaoftherift1620 4 месяца назад

    I started as a web dev I realized I also have a bit more love for hardware now doing my masters in software engineering with a specialization in robotics / embedded cause I want to become a software engineer that works on these specific things as you have to deal with the hardware

  • @renatomartingonzalesgranar8257
    @renatomartingonzalesgranar8257 Год назад +1

    In my own view, both have an important roll in their respective areas. But I had to decide which one is the best I would say that: it is easier to study a hardware career and then try to learn some software skills (and also beacuse there aren´t any like an industry. I love mechatronic engineering, industrial processes and automation, is amazing!) than study a software career and then try to learn a little bit of hardware: electric and electronic circuits, use of measurement devices, etc. That is my personal opinion,

  • @jasonolafami4528
    @jasonolafami4528 Год назад +1

    i prefer hardware engineering the most. software and electrical I tend to struggle. or maybe I should say I like working with computer components the most

  • @brandoncraddock5505
    @brandoncraddock5505 2 года назад +2

    Embedded / IoT be paying kinda well yknow. To give yourself an edge try to take some form of hardware security / cryptography module if available. If I move from a Bachelor to a masters EEE at my uni 4th year offers information theory and cryptography. I’ll definitely consider taking it.

  • @thanhhuyvu4530
    @thanhhuyvu4530 5 месяцев назад

    thank you for the video !! now i can visualize my job after graduate

  • @im_simarjeet
    @im_simarjeet 2 года назад +5

    Software is intellectually rich, problem solving oriented where prerequisite is only syntax BUT Hardware requires procedures and more theory to be used repeatedly...
    What's your views...
    I have to choose bw ece and cse in next 4-5 days... great if you make more videos on this topic... and how to maximize our scope even if I choose ece

    • @aleksgornik
      @aleksgornik  2 года назад +7

      hardware > software - it’s more fun :)

    • @rpt170
      @rpt170 8 месяцев назад

      That's the problem with software. It can trick you into thinking that you're intellectual while in reality, it has little to do with actual science.

    • @rpt170
      @rpt170 8 месяцев назад

      Procedures and theories that you'll barely understand even afer using them for years

  • @pixelapse9613
    @pixelapse9613 Год назад +1

    I wanna both because it can be more Interesting that I can make Everything I want such as Making Rocket with trust vectoring control and how it'll react in the various condition

    • @aleksgornik
      @aleksgornik  Год назад +2

      Yes you can 100% do both!

    • @1percent22
      @1percent22 4 месяца назад

      what bachelors degree are you in now?

    • @pixelapse9613
      @pixelapse9613 4 месяца назад

      @@1percent22 I'm second semester in Mechatronics Engineering

  • @abdifatahaden4761
    @abdifatahaden4761 Год назад +1

    Launching a software product: beep beep boop.
    Launching a hardware product: beep beep *panic attack* boop.

  • @bilwabhde9260
    @bilwabhde9260 10 месяцев назад +2

    i think i should go with hardware cuz i like computers and electronics in general its not like i dont like coding but things like web development , app development never interest me.

    • @aleksgornik
      @aleksgornik  10 месяцев назад

      I am the same. Web dev is boring as hell.

    • @michalsvihla1403
      @michalsvihla1403 6 месяцев назад +1

      But coding isn't just web dev... A firmware/OS developer still falls under software and it's a job that's close to the hardware.

    • @bilwabhde9260
      @bilwabhde9260 6 месяцев назад

      @@michalsvihla1403 yea you are right and i do have interest in such stuff but i dont like the completely software side of cs

  • @taufeeqkhan2629
    @taufeeqkhan2629 11 месяцев назад

    take the electronics branch. it has both hardware and software. and best thing when you will everything from scratch you will automatically like programming (lower level)

  • @davidlynch1263
    @davidlynch1263 2 года назад +3

    Hardware keep your body harden somewhere from time to time

  • @qink9846
    @qink9846 Год назад +1

    damn, im already stressing in high school

  • @rakshithnp7201
    @rakshithnp7201 8 месяцев назад

    Hardware is really hard, but very satisfying, as we are not money-making machines; we are making machines.

  • @k.j3173
    @k.j3173 Год назад

    Me personally I like to work with my hands. I love technology and building.

  • @aidarmekeshev2876
    @aidarmekeshev2876 2 месяца назад

    thank you bro

  • @abstracttom.cleanelephanto5659
    @abstracttom.cleanelephanto5659 Год назад +1

    My brother wants to be a software engineer but me I have a different goal to be an interior painter 👩‍🎨 and that’s how I choose to use my math skills

  • @cipanmandul
    @cipanmandul Год назад

    Originally a software guy but when im become older my jobs and interest are more to hardware.

  • @closecartoon
    @closecartoon Год назад +1

    Shit ... Is there a profession for both? If so I would bet all my money on it to go for it

    • @aleksgornik
      @aleksgornik  Год назад +2

      People who do embedded stuff get to do both

  • @Edward-mu6cs
    @Edward-mu6cs 5 месяцев назад +1

    *Laughs in Computer Engineer*

  • @TechnologyofTodayandAlways
    @TechnologyofTodayandAlways 9 месяцев назад

    good video, congratulations, I'm already your new subscriber 👍 blessings 🙏🏻

  • @shelbycobratOG
    @shelbycobratOG 2 года назад

    Genius! Thank you so so soooo much.

  • @matrix-jq7vh
    @matrix-jq7vh 2 года назад +3

    In conclusion from this explanation, taking EE is a bad decision compared to CS/SE. If software makes you millionaire than go for it and do fun afterwards..What's your opinion?

    • @aleksgornik
      @aleksgornik  2 года назад +4

      Software is like the 100% money route. If you wanna have more fun along your engineering career and sacrifice a bit of salary then hardware is great. You will still get a great salary - just not the best one.

    • @teknul89
      @teknul89 Год назад

      You dont need to study software because of the money there is also other engineering degrees you can take that can give you a lot of money too if not engineering maybe finance/accounting is more your thing if you are interested in money

    • @sublivion5024
      @sublivion5024 9 месяцев назад

      @flavioalegrettiramos567 ha yeah sorry that was me a year ago… i think it depends what you’re doing, like both have boring and more creative areas. the EE degree is probably more challenging for most people, i do maths and computer science (50/50) and find the maths much more intensive.

  • @phonemyat475
    @phonemyat475 Год назад

    I'm just a new at IT field and now I'm studying both of them but when the time that make a decision to choose is arrived, I don't know what should I do. The only thing thing I know is I don't wanna spend my times on the table by coding and I wanna be more fun. I don't care about money. So what should I do, Sir.

    • @aleksgornik
      @aleksgornik  Год назад

      The thing is you will do some coding in both roles. But the hardware engineer will always code less. So I think it's clear for you if you don't wanna sit in front of a desk all day.

  • @myworldbox
    @myworldbox Год назад +1

    i love computer science and money

  • @robertpearson8546
    @robertpearson8546 Год назад

    What about firmware? What about microcoding? What about limpware? What about Gatesware (thousands of bugs held together by a few lines of code)?
    Do you use Petri Nets to design both hardware and software?

  • @joestables2600
    @joestables2600 2 года назад +1

    I'm doing EE but I want to go into software

  • @Newday744
    @Newday744 5 месяцев назад

    is it okay to go from full stack web dev to bet Hardware ( Engineering) ?

    • @aleksgornik
      @aleksgornik  5 месяцев назад +1

      Of course ! The hardware world has less resources out there than web dev on the interent so you need to be a little more diligent however more than doable.

  • @vuo7ng
    @vuo7ng Год назад +1

    i'm more of a hardware person too

  • @estherhozy9475
    @estherhozy9475 Год назад

    Thank you for your help

    • @aleksgornik
      @aleksgornik  Год назад

      No problem - got any questions hit me up !

  • @rishuvatsa3126
    @rishuvatsa3126 2 месяца назад

    work in embedded and get best of both the worlds

  • @mubarakabdullahi5829
    @mubarakabdullahi5829 2 года назад +2

    Hardware for sure

  • @EERicky
    @EERicky Год назад

    You can make some good money in hardware if you know what your doing start your own projects.

  • @roryrori9856
    @roryrori9856 10 месяцев назад

    thank you

  • @tysoncoffman7562
    @tysoncoffman7562 2 года назад

    Hardware, admittedly bias and I am also retired since 2019. Find its a mixed bag and luck and who you know can play a lot into it from own experience, one's own mileage may vary.. Personally prefer hands on. Cheers!

  • @TonyDaExpert
    @TonyDaExpert 9 месяцев назад

    Chose Computer Engineering had a internship in robotics software have a full job in electronics + firmware

  • @AdjeiDaniel-c5z
    @AdjeiDaniel-c5z 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks

  • @kiyuzooo
    @kiyuzooo Год назад

    I've always wanted to be a software engineer because i wanted to make my own web/app that could make money passively. but i don't think that i could do that yet because i'm going to study electronics and instruments in uni. Would it still be possible for me to make a web/app eventhough i'm just using the internet as my main source? Then i could use my skill in electronics and instruments somewhere else. If you have the time would you please answer my question, thanks 👌

    • @aleksgornik
      @aleksgornik  Год назад

      of course you can ! RUclips is your best friend for this - there is defo a tutorial somewhere on making an app in your favourite porgramming language. Good luck !

  • @timothychumo5690
    @timothychumo5690 Год назад

    anyone who can help me my laptop screen just turned pink what might be the issue?

  • @chaselewis8473
    @chaselewis8473 10 месяцев назад

    "handyman skills" that's mighty disrespectful on god - hardware guy
    Also just side note its 100% a joke cause a buddy in the trades said its disrespectful to call any of them "a handyman"

  • @cuzcohusky3533
    @cuzcohusky3533 Год назад

    Software makes more money but without the Hardware Engineering they have no job beucase they won’t have the components to make the computer they work on ; the only reason why salary is so low is because they are outsourcing them but now their is a demand for them so they are going to be needed in places like the USA that just made the chip act because they fell behind on that industry and is planning on growing its industry. Hardware is essential for everything electronic related

    • @aleksgornik
      @aleksgornik  Год назад

      This is true - all software runs on some hardware somewhere on the world

  • @luiscarmona9890
    @luiscarmona9890 Год назад

    Being in front of your screen all day everyday would seem to be the most boring depressing life ever and so much eye pain and headaches

    • @drblitz3092
      @drblitz3092 Год назад

      Ya, that’s the reason I dont want a career in office work.
      All the joy I get in life comes from video games and I think that looking at a screen at work all day, and then coming home to look at another screen all night would ruin the magic I see in video games.

    • @prohibited1125
      @prohibited1125 Год назад

      Nah people like me are in front the computer or studying all the day. We are engineers not bussiness people

  • @yahyaa4499
    @yahyaa4499 6 месяцев назад

    Hardware is harder because it includes knowledge and knowhow of CS phy math and harder programming.

  • @gamedevunity3dliviopanizzi170
    @gamedevunity3dliviopanizzi170 Год назад

    no software no hardware and no hardware no software

  • @willpotter22
    @willpotter22 5 месяцев назад +1

    Well shit hardware is what i wanna do then😊

  • @SiddharthSingh-uo9bw
    @SiddharthSingh-uo9bw 4 месяца назад

    Made multi million in HW by playing cards in 7 years 😂

  • @moyin9
    @moyin9 Год назад

    hardware cause im doig everythig agai just code is too 1 sided

  • @kamilkachnic7360
    @kamilkachnic7360 Год назад

    Nasz Polski Iron Man... powodzenia w anglosaskim świecie, może kiedyś zatrudnią Cię w Tesli, Apple, SpaceX lub gdzie tam chcesz budować swoje projekty.

  • @McFlashh
    @McFlashh Год назад +1

    Software engineering is the perfect job for introverts.

    • @aleksgornik
      @aleksgornik  Год назад +1

      Yes - most are vitamin D deficient as well lol

  • @Aaron-tl9zy
    @Aaron-tl9zy Год назад

    if you can throw it at someone its hardware
    edit: spelling correction

  • @prohibited1125
    @prohibited1125 Год назад

    2:45 sure? CS can have remote work. Hardware engineers cant so... CS win

    • @aleksgornik
      @aleksgornik  Год назад

      Who said remote work is the way to go

  • @marniewyncoll
    @marniewyncoll 2 года назад

    go ECS so u don't have to pick yet >>>

  • @BusinessSimon-t5j
    @BusinessSimon-t5j Год назад +1

    the start of the video gives me gay porn vibes
    "what's the difference between SOFTware and HARDware..."

  • @aerohk
    @aerohk 11 месяцев назад

    Hardware guys don't know jack about CS topics like data structure, algorithm, coding theory, space/time complexity, etc. They can write programs that are simple and sequential, but good luck implementing a distributed system, load balancing, etc.

  • @lightoniaazyel397
    @lightoniaazyel397 Год назад

    comment

  • @Fl3ggm
    @Fl3ggm 2 года назад

    SOFTWARE LAD