Studying Computer Hardware

[SamSmith123]

Just wondering if anyone knows what degrees Luke or Linus wen to take before they started LMG and if not what degree courses you'd recommend for computer hardware design and related courses as i know one of these could be Computer engineering.

 

Thanks

[Jwalbrecht2000]

I can't speak for anybody else, but I would go for either Computer Engineering or Computer Science, leaning more towards the Computer Engineering.

[TheRandomness]

Why don't you ask them? @Slick @LinusTech

[SamSmith123]

2 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Why don't you ask them? @Slick @LinusTech

Because im a noob and i doubt they'd reply so though i'd ask the community!

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, SamSmith123 said:

Because im a noob and i doubt they'd reply so though i'd ask the community!

Well, there's always the chance it'll happen c:

[SamSmith123]

6 minutes ago, Jwalbrecht2000 said:

I can't speak for anybody else, but I would go for either Computer Engineering or Computer Science, leaning more towards the Computer Engineering.

 

Yeah thats what i though but i dont want it getting too much towards the software as ive been reading into the courses and it can easily get into networking 

[SamSmith123]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

Well, there's always the chance it'll happen c:

my try and tweet them?

[crysilis]

18 minutes ago, SamSmith123 said:

Just wondering if anyone knows what degrees Luke or Linus wen to take before they started LMG and if not what degree courses you'd recommend for computer hardware design and related courses as i know one of these could be Computer engineering.

 

Thanks

Im pretty sure in one of the mail room episodes Linus said he dropped out of university and learned most of his stuff online and from various different sources

[bgibbz]

18 minutes ago, SamSmith123 said:

Just wondering if anyone knows what degrees Luke or Linus wen to take before they started LMG and if not what degree courses you'd recommend for computer hardware design and related courses as i know one of these could be Computer engineering.

 

Thanks

Linus didn't go to college, Luke was working on a computer science degree, I'm a bit unclear whether he got it or not. If you intend to learn about computers, most of it can be self taught. If you want a career designing hardware then computer engineering will be great. 

[SamSmith123]

1 minute ago, crysilis said:

Im pretty sure in one of the mail room episodes Linus said he dropped out of university and learned most of his stuff online and from various different sources

yeah thats what i saw and i just want to know what he and luke went to do

[SamSmith123]

1 minute ago, bgibbz said:

Linus didn't go to college, Luke was working on a computer science degree, I'm a bit unclear whether he got it or not. If you intend to learn about computers, most of it can be self taught. If you want a career designing hardware then computer engineering will be great. 

i know a lot of it can be self taught hence them both dropping i think but if i was going to go to uni/college i just wanted to know what direction i should take, but yeah i think computer engineering is they most likely option

[Clanscorpia]

If you want to go straight hardware, go EE, If you want a mix of programming and hardware, CE, and if you want almost all programing, go CS

[bgibbz]

1 minute ago, SamSmith123 said:

i know a lot of it can be self taught hence them both dropping i think but if i was going to go to uni/college i just wanted to know what direction i should take, but yeah i think computer engineering is they most likely option

Well, what do you want to do with your career? Generate software, design hardware, work in computer design and repair? I am only 16 years old, so I can't give you a lot of advice, but I have done a lot of research. Whatever feild you decide to focus on, look into it thourouhly. Also, remember that many majors can lead to the same career path. If you want to design hardware, a computer engineering degree or electrical engineering degree could both get you there. Figure out a path of computers that you would like to explore, and research! Figure out different majors that could work for your scenario, and then research which of those majors would be preferable/ attanainable. Good luck!

[JefferyD90]

30 minutes ago, SamSmith123 said:

Just wondering if anyone knows what degrees Luke or Linus wen to take before they started LMG and if not what degree courses you'd recommend for computer hardware design and related courses as i know one of these could be Computer engineering.

 

Thanks

Learning is something you must do on your own.  It is nothing that a degree, course, or teacher can do for you.

 

And it depends on what you're wanting to do as to how to get a leg up on the competition, what kind of job or career are you looking for?

[Qub3d]

I personally went CS, which if you go to a decent college will include at least a few mandatory ENGR 220 classes or similar (this is stuff like intro to Computer Architectures). If you are passionate about making the hardware, go look into Engineering. 

 

Now, and this is important, if you like talking about hardware and working with it like the LMG guys, you actually are looking at CAS or Digital Communications, perhaps with some buisness or marketing. Linus himself has a bit of a difference as he started building customs for NCIX, and Luke never really had official training (he literally got hired because he built a mineral oil PC), but most of their new hires lean on the production side instead of the computing side.  Exhibit A: The video when we watched the LMG staff built their own computers. Many of the gang weren't sure of how to do it.

 

[SamSmith123]

2 minutes ago, Qub3d said:

I personally went CS, which if you go to a decent college will include at least a few mandatory ENGR 220 classes or similar (this is stuff like intro to Computer Architectures). If you are passionate about making the hardware, go look into Engineering. 

 

Now, and this is important, if you like talking about hardware and working with it like the LMG guys, you actually are looking at CAS or Digital Communications, perhaps with some buisness or marketing. Linus himself has a bit of a difference as he started building customs for NCIX, and Luke never really had official training (he literally got hired because he built a mineral oil PC), but most of their new hires lean on the production side instead of the computing side.  Exhibit A: The video when we watched the LMG staff built their own computers. Many of the gang weren't sure of how to do it.

 

yeah thats what im wanting to do in the future, design graphics cards or similar and possibly gpu/cpu's but yeah im passionate about learning the hardware and i essentially want to get into the same type of industry as what both linus and luke do but possibly at a slightly higher level as they dont really get into the architectures or anything like that and they're mostly supported due to the fact they do it all on camera and i dont want to follow their path exactly. just wanted the right direction to head and dont want to end up in just IT or software as that stuff doesnt interest me at all. 

 

for all those that are wondering im at college studying computing at an A level standard and im 18.

[SLAYR]

4 hours ago, SamSmith123 said:

yeah thats what im wanting to do in the future, design graphics cards or similar and possibly gpu/cpu's but yeah im passionate about learning the hardware and i essentially want to get into the same type of industry as what both linus and luke do but possibly at a slightly higher level as they dont really get into the architectures or anything like that and they're mostly supported due to the fact they do it all on camera and i dont want to follow their path exactly. just wanted the right direction to head and dont want to end up in just IT or software as that stuff doesnt interest me at all. 

 

for all those that are wondering im at college studying computing at an A level standard and im 18.

Yeah designing graphics cards, and hardware is computer engineering, but engineering isn't anything like what linus and luke do, with engineering it isn't like having a youtube channel, you have to spend 4+ years getting a degree and certification, and while you want be in the industry of desktop/server hardware, other fields do hire computer engineers that most people don't think of like airplane manufacturers.

 

And even for computer engineering software is important to know because you have to know how something is going to be programmed for the hardware so that it can be designed better.

[WEEEEEE]

7 hours ago, JefferyD90 said:

Learning is something you must do on your own.  It is nothing that a degree, course, or teacher can do for you.

That's some damm good advice.

[LapX]

I'm pretty sure they learned everything as they went, I do know that Luke went to university and almost finished a degree, I don't know what it is. Personally I want to create microprocessors so I'm leaning towards electrical enginnering specialised in microelectronics.

[straight_stewie]

It depends what you want to do. Both degrees are going to include a fair bit of programming (although the end goals for that will be slightly different). In all honesty, your first two years will be fairly similar no matter which degree you take (they are identical except for two classes at my school). After that, CS will go on to learn about things like OOP, advanced analysis of algorithms, stuff like that. CE will go off into electronic circuits, microprocessor architecture, and computer architecture at a much deeper level than CS will. I guess the answer is, do you want to write software or design logic circuits? If you can handle it the extra workload, I would dual major, either all the way through or until I knew exactly which one I wanted to do. That's what I did when choosing my major in aerospace (aeronautics vs astronautics).

There is a third option though. Electrical Engineers are needed as well, both for R&D on new transistor designs, and to help design the physical layout of the chips (as opposed to the logical layout which is what CE will teach you).

 

In either case, I hope you like math!

 

[ShadowCaptain]

11 hours ago, Clanscorpia said:

If you want to go straight hardware, go EE, If you want a mix of programming and hardware, CE, and if you want almost all programing, go CS

This

[SamSmith123]

Thanks for all the advice! I'm taking it into consideration, I understand that almost anything i choose will include maths and I do enjoy it. Didn't realise I'd get many replies regarding to this but turns out it's probably been the most helpful resource so far, thanks! 

[laminutederire]

19 hours ago, Clanscorpia said:

 

Bit of advice, be more humble.

1 hour ago, SamSmith123 said:

 

You should always look at what's inside courses though.

I personnally will study in a computer science program with a specialization in hardware design. You sometimes have really good courses under names which aren't the best one to describe what's being done there.

As other said, it almost always revolves around computer science, computer engineering and electrical engineering, so look at those and loin at what interests you in their curriculum

 

[rowanhazard]

On June 8, 2016 at 6:04 PM, Clanscorpia said:

Im using my brothers keyboard which I never use. Keyboards are very easy to misclick on and I type extremely fast and dont usually fix my errors, interupts my speed.

You are so full of your self. 

 

On June 8, 2016 at 5:54 PM, Clanscorpia said:

In all honesty as well, how old are you, and give me a rough estimate on your intelligence like 1-10 1 being mentally retarted and 10 being 215 IQ Genius. I'm 13 and an 8, and from that I can give you quite a bit of my research but if I tell you ways to learn they might be to much for you, like I learn really, really fast. So I could really help out and if I'd guess I'd say your 12-14 so I can give you some good starting points. And what do you want to learn about?

 

Especially for using the wrong to/too/two, which isn't a so-called misclick.

[Jwalbrecht2000]

1 minute ago, rowanhazard said:

You are so full of your self. 

 

Especially for using the wrong to/too/two, which isn't a so-called misclick.

We could be best friends right now