CrazyRed98

Disclaimer: These are my own opinions and don't represent these two companies spoken of. As most cases it is never as simple as it seems. First the prices that Delta paid for the C-Series was never released to the public. As for government subsidies... this is a fact across all industries but may be termed/called differently so that people don't have to say "government subsidies" . The claim Boeing made was that Bombardier sold its C-Series to Delta at below actual cost (manufacturing cost), hence "dumping". Many companies have sold their products at below cost to increase market share. So the company takes a hit cash flow wise by taking on losses, but in return can gain market share in a new market/region. In normal situations this isn't a problem. It becomes a problem when someone believes that you're not taking on losses because you're covered by all this "extra government money". So did Bombardier dump the planes? I don't know. It all depends on the sale price as compared to actual plane cost, but that hasn't been released to the public. I think Boeing might know something because they have left $5billion on the table with the F-18 contract, and loosing Canada's support with Boeing Canada and Boeing's suppliers in Canada. One of the reasons Boeing may be pushing hard on this is because they don't want to be burned like they were with Airbus entering the U.S. market. As a side note Boeing is 1 of 12% of Fortune 500 companies that still exist from 1955 to 2017. The rest have either gone bankrupt, merged with another firm, or they still exist but have fallen from the top Fortune 500 companies. So this is Boeing trying to do its best to continue surviving. I feel the biggest winner is Airbus since they've taken majority stake on the C-Series. This purchase by Airbus will hurt Canada the most. The reason is that Canada's government and Bombardier have done all the R&D and work to create a new plane series, so they saved Airbus hundreds of millions on all this design work, etc. Also Canada will lose because Airbus is going to open a second C-Series line in Alabama, USA. Which they will use as their final assembly line so that they can get away from duty taxes. So Canada loses employment opportunities to the U.S. For those that say that Boeing always gets helped by the U.S. government I will say they don't know Boeing's history. The U.S. created new anti-trust laws in the U.S. in the 1930s. This was done to break up the Boeing Company. The companies that were created thereafter are companies that have large presences in Canada and the world as well. The companies that came from the Boeing company are Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies Corporation (UTC), and United Airlines. Surprising right? Boeing when it was first created wanted to provide every aspect of the aviation industry, hence make the engine, all parts, airplanes, and a airliner using its planes. The founder of Boeing teamed up Frederick Rentschler (created the original P&W name/company) to make "United Aircraft and Transport Corporation", which was owned by Boeing. Those are my long two cents...

Computer engineers typically do go to work for intel, etc. I would say computer engineering tries to be a 50/50 mix of electrical engineering and computer science (programming, typically). Also many people use "computer hardware engineer" as a all encompassing term. I take it to mean people that work on the hardware design for whatever project they work typically using microcontrollers, FPGAs, and languages such as VHDL or verilog, etc. Also can sometimes design semiconductors. As for Op's question my background is in electrical & computer engineering. Currently working more as a electrical engineer, so not much real world work experience as a computer engineer. As earlier poster said, reddit would be your best bet.