Is electrical engineering worth it as a career?

[daweakling]

I am a sophomore student at a university in Michigan and I just started the introductory classes for electrical engineering. I keep hearing from latest job websites and various articles saying that EE is not the future and it is slowly not needed. Is this true? Nobody wants to work so hard for a degree just to be told sorry we don't need you at the very end. I personally love EE and I think it's an exciting field. I feel like having the background of EE will open more doors later down the road. I would like to direct this topic to people in the field on the forum - is EE really going in that direction? Would you be more willing to switch to a higher demanded career like computer science or software? Thanks in advance for the discussion. 

[Levent]

its doesnt matter what others think, as long as you love your job and your field, you will find a way to be succesful. 

[r2724r16]

3 minutes ago, sebastiansulb said:

I personally love EE and I think it's an exciting field

Pursue a career in something you enjoy doing. Otherwise, you'll regret your job for your entire life.

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, Geography said:

Pursue a career in something you enjoy doing. Otherwise, you'll regret your job for your entire life.

This.

 

I don't see how EE could be dying anyway, it's not like we won't suddenly have to stop producing electronic devices any time soon.

[EPPHO]

Looking only at vehicle (car) industry you can conclude that electrical engineers will be needed a lot.

[aezakmi]

Absolutely

[TempestCatto]

Whomever said EE is dying, well they must either be really old or live off the damn grid. We're using more and more electricity and electronics day by day. We need people in EE to do anything from figure out how to deliver power to a whole city, to how a robot arm will receive enough power to both lift, tilt, and grab. If EE was dying, we wouldn't have the technology we do today. If EE is what you enjoy, go for it. I wanted to take up IT because of how well I understand it, but that was a mistake. I don't like IT work, I despise it honestly. I love aviation, and I also understand it pretty well. That right there is a good combo. So go for it, and never talk to the people (or person) who told you that EE is dying.

[Fasauceome]

I sure hope so, I just changed majors to EE!

I'm actually using it to compliment my PC building entrepreneurial side. Understand PC components more fundamentally and be more sure of my recommendations and explanations.

[mr moose]

I guess it depends which part of the field you want to specialise in.  Like medicine this is becoming a broad field for development.  If you want to specialise in valve technology then your chances might be limited to museums and enthusiast repair shop type situations (very rewarding job all the same), however if you specialise in robotics and mechanical applications of AI you might find an abundance of jobs.

[glenalz81]

EE i'd say you can't go wrong, so many jobs in so many fields. A dying trade? I doubt it very much.

[daweakling]

Thank you everyone for all the responses. You guys inspired me to keep EE as a career. I think EE is important because like many of you guys said it's the building blocks of many. I'll continue to research more specific paths of EE and try to figure things out.