Been in Systems / Controls / Validation / Firmware roles so far in my career as EE roles. How hard would it be to return to these roles after several years in SWE?
Why would you switch career paths just to switch back a few years later though :o you’ll be at the bottom of the SWE ladder then go back to EE out of experience for a few years which may set you back as well
I probably wouldn’t want to switch back, honestly software seems cushier overall with a better schedule and workflow. I just haven’t done pure SW before and wanted to make sure I wasn’t completely removing my EE options just in case
Fellow EE here. Made the switch and there is no going back. Once you snort some LC for them TC, you’re always looking for that next hit.
Also switched from EE to SWE. Never looked back, find it much more challenging and interesting.
Glad to hear from everyone confirming my suspicions. To me to me it seems in EE you only get really interesting work at MS or PhD level and at that point you’re pigeonholed to just a few roles at a few companies
I was doing fairly researchy stuff, didn't have an Ms or PhD but published a couple of papers. It's really just more interesting because even if the field of EE is more challenging / interesting, the work you do isn't. The speed of iteration is much higher, and I get bored working on the same thing for a long time.
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Nobody can tell you that. Generally if the industry has a lot of jobs, you can switch into it easily. Software eng has a lot of jobs so you are going to become one. Simple