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Re: Looking For Advice on a "Major" Decision

This is actually a really good problem to have. 90% of engineering is talking to people, half of whom are other engineers. Being interested in EE and ME will be very helpful talking to the 'other' side. Hold on to that interest!

I'm happy with my decision to go electrical. For me, three things stand out:
1) Analog (and especially switched-mode) allow for a relaxing amount of math. It is really satisfying to know a design will work over all sorts of parameter variations.
2) Digital (especially computer architecture) has layers and layers of black boxes. Going up and down this hierarchy and understanding how each layer supports the layer above has helped my general system analysis. Now I know that if I don't understand something yet, it is a matter of slicing the problem up into manageable chunks.
3) Schematic design for boards becomes a game of adapting your problem to a problem someone else has already solved. Sometimes this can be frustrating, but it can also be a fun game of making puzzle pieces fit by any means necessary.

I'd shoot for an internship as soon as possible. This will tell you if the day-to-day is what you are looking for.
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