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Todo o mundo You may have an idea of what each of these fields entail, but it's important to have a fundamental understanding before choosing your path. Both fields require logical thinkers and methodical minds, and they both offer a huge array of career options. But there are still some differences that set them apart from each other.
Engineering as an industry tends to focus on building and designing things out of tactile materials. Engineers draft plans to build everything from helicopters to sewer systems, from medical devices to motherboards.
Computer scientists do somewhat similar work — but in the digital realm. They wield digital technology as well as computing languages to create, improve and build software and applications.
As you can see, the line between these two worlds is very thin, and there are a few professions that straddle the intersection completely. One career is that of a computer hardware engineer. Computer engineers normally have a degree in computer science, but perform the duties of an engineer. In this case, these engineers need a knowledge of how computers work in order to build circuit boards, processors and other hardware.
Other than this overlap, computer science primarily concerns itself with the landscape of the digital world, while engineering focuses on the landscape of the physical world. Let's take a closer look at how these two fields differ in other ways. | 