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Electrical and electronic or Electrical and software engineering?

Hi, I want to work in the oil and gas industry as an engineer and was wondering which course was better for me. As Glasgow University do both a Electrical and electronic engineering course and also an Electrical and software engineering course but I am unsure which would benefit more for finding employment ? Thanks :smile:

Reply 1

iisjman07

How handy are you with a computer? Have you ever tried programming before?

Reply 2

Smack

Volunteer Team

Electrical & electronic.

Reply 3

Karate kid 1

I'm comfortable using Visual Basic and have used Java in the past but are not by any means an expert.

Reply 4

Valentas

Shouldn't you then pursue petroleum engineering? What are you going to do on the oil platform with programming? I was on one about three years ago. There were a lot of smart engineers, but I saw no programmers...maybe times changed.

Reply 5

Smack

Volunteer Team

A lot more electrical engineers in the oil industry than petroleum. Petroleum is quite a niche area whereas electrical engineers can apply their skills to just about everything in the industry.

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