Hi,
Hi my name is Brad and I am new to the forum.
I would like to have your opinions about in which "sector" or "specialzation"of computer engineering one should focus for the future?
Brad, if you give a little bit more information in your posts you will tend to get more useful answers...your title to the post states 'career move' - what have you done, what are you currently doing? Why do you want to move?
The more you can focus your questions the 'better' the answers - although discussions invariably find tangents to disappear along!
All the best, HM
No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary - William of Occam
To me a "Computer Engineer" is the EE who designs the computer hardware. The answers above assume that you are really a "Software Engineer" and your vague question seems to support this assumption since I can only think of a couple of fields where someone who designs computer hardware would be welcome (e.g., consumer electronics, industrial electronics, and military).
If what you do is write code, then the growth industries I see are telephone apps, field automation, and robotics. Games are always being revised, but the tools have gotten so robust that a lot of that work is now done by techs.
Industrial in-house general-use programming goes in and out of favor on a pretty short cycle so I wouldn't recommend a BP or Alcoa for long-term job stability. On the other hand, embedded software in things like vehicles and consumer appliances is a huge and growing field since many companies change their products every year and the new stuff always takes new code.
thank you for your answers. yes, I know it is a vague question but I wanted to have a general idea about what field present a more stable (and lucrative)situation. (job wise)
Thank you again